The revealed competitive advantage has also been computed using agricultural
trade measure (ACE) and total merchandise trade measure (TCE). The overall results
show that for most of the years the value of revealed comparative advantage is greater
than one (see Tables 2 and 3 respectively in the Appendix) and the value of revealed
competitive advantage is positive (see Tables 4 and 5 respectively in the Appendix). It
depicts that these countries have both comparative and competitive advantage in rice
trade.