关键词: 出口贸易结构, 贸易互补性, 出口相似性指数, 技术复杂度

Abstract: According to SITC REV.2 3, this paper explores trade relationship between China and India by analyzing changes of export trade structures and measuring both countries’ trade competitive power, complementarities, similarity index and Technology Sophistication of export trade. Empirical results show that export trade structures of both countries have been optimizing and technology levels have been rising. However, technical structure improvement of China’s export is much higher than that of India. There exist differences on export structure and technology level between China and India. So the relation between two countries is not complete competition but strong complementarity. Establishing a free trade area between them can enlarge bilateral trade and investment, bring complementary advantages into full play, accelerate adjustment of industry structure and advance of technology and achieve the “win-win” situation in final.

Key words: Structure of Export Trade, Trade Complementarities, Export Similarity Index, Technology Sophistication