As it can be noticed the RC values calculated for both trade categories differs very considerably across the EU27
member countries. Regarding agricultural products trade category the RC values are negative for 13 countries and
positive for 14 of them with positive mean value equal to 0.05. A similar picture emerges when the RC for the food
trade category is considered. The RC values are negative for 14 countries and positive for 13 of them. The country
ranking is not much different than in case of the RC for the agricultural products category. The only country which
switched from the positive to the negative RC is Estonia. In fact