| This study attempts to assess the competitiveness of Alberta's agri-food exports during the period 1988--96. This information will help Alberta's agri-food industry and policy makers gain a better understanding of Alberta's competitive position against its main competitors and determine what actions should be taken to maintain and improve its competitiveness in its export markets.;The CMS results indicate that Alberta's exports performed well in all targeted products and markets chosen for this study during the period 1988--96. In terms of export competitiveness, Alberta was particularly strong in the U.S. beef and pork markets, and in the world beef, pork and processed grain markets. However, its export competitiveness in some other target markets---Mexico and some Asian markets was not as strong.;In the thesis, the Constant Market Share (CMS) model is applied to assess the competitiveness of selected target products for Alberta and its main competitors in selected target markets. Three products were chosen, including beef, pork and processed grain. For beef, the United States, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong were chosen as Alberta's target markets. For pork, three target markets---the United States, Japan and Mexico---were selected. For processed grain, the United States, Japan and South Korea were considered as its target markets. |
