Purpose

This study aims to analyse the structure and the competitiveness of the international coffee market.

Design/methodology/approach

To describe the international market structure, this study uses Herfindahl–Hirschman index, net export index (NEI), and to measure export competitiveness revealed symmetric comparative advantage (RSCA). Finally, survival function analyses were developed using the Kaplan–Meier product-limit estimator to characterize the stability and duration of the competitiveness in the international coffee market.

Findings

The results reveal that the imports and exports market structure are unconcentrated. NEI shows that several countries are stable in their commercial characteristics (imports, exports and re-exports), nevertheless, NEI also revealed countries transitioning through the commercial characteristics, that the international coffee market structure presents dynamic commercial characteristics. The result for (RSCA shows that Uganda, Ethiopia, Honduras, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala and Indonesia had the highest values and also resulted in better survival rates along with Italy, India, Mexico and Switzerland. The stability of RSCA indices is investigated by regression analysis, showing a tendency to increase expertise in coffee exports from 2015.

Originality/value

This study provides a comprehensive and recent analysis of the international coffee market structure and competitiveness, contributing to the analysis of the international market of the product.

中文翻译：

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一杯咖啡的背后：国际市场格局与竞争力

目的

本研究旨在分析国际咖啡市场的结构和竞争力。

设计/方法/方法

为了描述国际市场结构，本研究使用赫芬达尔-赫希曼指数、净出口指数（NEI），并衡量出口竞争力揭示的对称比较优势（RSCA）。最后，使用 Kaplan-Meier 乘积极限估计器开发了生存函数分析，以表征国际咖啡市场竞争力的稳定性和持续时间。

发现

结果表明，进出口市场结构不集中。NEI 显示，一些国家的商业特征（进口、出口和再出口）稳定，但 NEI 也揭示了国家在商业特征中的转变，国际咖啡市场结构呈现出动态的商业特征。(RSCA 的结果显示，乌干达、埃塞俄比亚、洪都拉斯、巴西、哥伦比亚、危地马拉和印度尼西亚的值最高，并且与意大利、印度、墨西哥和瑞士一样，存活率也更高。通过回归研究 RSCA 指数的稳定性分析显示，从 2015 年起，咖啡出口专业知识有增加的趋势。

原创性/价值

本研究对国际咖啡市场结构和竞争力进行了全面和最新的分析，有助于分析产品的国际市场。