RCA Finder
& Analysis

Revealed Comparative Advantage calculator powered by the Balassa Index. Upload ITC TradeMap files to identify which global markets offer the strongest export opportunity for your product.

RCA_ij = (X_ij / X_iw) ÷ (X_wj / X_ww) Balassa (1965) Index · RCA ≥ 1 = Comparative Advantage

Select HS2 Product Code Choose the 2-digit HS product you want to analyse (01–99, as in ITC TradeMap)

Product Code

Select a product code to see its description

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Exporting Country (whose RCA you are computing)

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Global Trade Aggregates Source from TradeMap → Trade statistics → By country → Total all products

X_iw — Country i Total Exports, All Products (USD thousand)

X_ww — World Total Exports, All Products (USD thousand)

💡 Both values in USD thousand. X_iw can also be read from the "World" row of File A below.

Upload TradeMap Export Files Both files must be downloaded from ITC TradeMap in Excel (.xls) or CSV format

File A — Country i exports of product j, by destination

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Country → Markets

"List of importing markets for a product exported by [Country]" — product: select product above

File B — World imports of product j, by country (for per-market RCA)

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World → Importers

"List of importing markets for select product above — all countries"
or "List of exporters" for overall RCA only

Reference year: Detected from uploaded files

Market Rankings & Insights

🔍 Key Insight

16 – 100 🎯 Priority — high specialisation, prime target

1 – 15.99 Comparative Advantage — confirmed

0.5 – 1 Near-competitive — emerging opportunity

RCA < 0.5 Comparative Disadvantage

⚠ RCA > 100 or > 3 digits treated as data anomaly — excluded

sujeetiiftian.com · Sujeet Kumar · RCA Balassa Index Tool · Data: ITC TradeMap

RCA Finder& Analysis

🔍 Key Insight

Country Rankings by RCA Index — —

RCA Finder
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