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The role of competitiveness in increasing Romanian agri-food exports Cover

The role of competitiveness in increasing Romanian agri-food exports

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|Dec 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Mapping the concept of competitiveness.
Mapping the concept of competitiveness.

Figure 2

RCA values of key Romanian agri-food export categories (2023).
RCA values of key Romanian agri-food export categories (2023).

Figure 3

Pearson correlation matrix.
Pearson correlation matrix.

Figure 4

Model summary of the panel data regression.
Model summary of the panel data regression.

Figure 5

ANOVA results for the panel data regression model.
ANOVA results for the panel data regression model.

Methodological aspects of bibliometric analysis_

CriteriaResults
Number of WoS-indexed publications441 Publications corresponding to the keywords
Number of keywords2,227 Keywords associated with the 233 publications
Required minimum occurrences of a keyword2 Occurrences
Number of keywords that meet the threshold433 Keywords met the occurrence threshold
Share of keywords that meet the threshold19.44%

Evolution of agri-food exports (% change compared to 2019)_

2020/20192021/20192022/20192023/2019
01. Live animals−6%20%2%16%
02. Meat and edible meat offal−17%6%26%31%
03. Fish and crustaceans4%41%64%75%
04. Milk and milk products; eggs; natural honey1%19%31%50%
05. Other products of animal origin−22%13%7%−1%
06. Live plants and floricultural products−1%31%140%89%
07. Vegetables, plants, roots and tubers2%19%39%34%
08. Edible fruit34%71%69%45%
09. Coffee, tea, spices7%27%24%52%
10. Cereals−15%48%59%54%
11. Products of the milling industry12%66%428%609%
12. Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; industrial or medicinal plants−9%49%77%89%
13. Gums, resins and other saps−33%−32%−22%−31%
14. Braiding materials−14%56%51%−11%
15. Animal or vegetable fats and oils−11%69%171%92%
16. Meat and fish preparations9%20%33%45%
17. Sugar and sugar confectionery6%0%76%281%
18. Cocoa and Cocoa preparations−6%11%15%26%
19. Cereal-based preparations4%28%45%82%
20. Preparations of vegetables, fruit11%49%72%71%
21. Miscellaneous food preparations9%29%60%112%
22. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages−3%25%74%122%
23. Food industry residues0%29%53%52%
24. Tobacco and tobacco substitutes48%50%46%71%
Total agri-food products1% 41% 57% 65%
Total8% 14% 25% 30%

Descriptive statistics_

StatisticExportsRCAProd
Mean253.26311.654288.621
Std. deviation209.1826.979248.816
skewness1.2630.0410.727
Std. error of skewness0.2490.2210.221
kurtosis1.713−1.207−0.394
Std. error of kurtosis0.4930.4380.438
Minimum5.4490,022.732
Maximum4.588.2758,84976.193

Collinearity diagnostics_

Variance proportions
ModelDimensionEigenvalueCondition indexInterceptProdRCA
M1 12.5001.0000.0300.0200.025
M1 20.3002.8870.6000.4500.150
M1 30.2003.5360.3700.4900.460

Coefficients of the panel data regression model_

ModelPredictorUnstandardized coefficient (B)Standard errorStandardized coefficient (Beta) t-value p-value95% CI lower95% CI upper
M0 Intercept253.26321.57511.738<0.001210.418296.107
M1 Intercept120.50015.0008.033<0.00191.000150.000
M1 RCA5.3051.1000.4004.823<0.0013.1507.460
M1 Prod1.2000.0701.00017.143<0.0011.0601.340
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmcks-2025-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2069-8887 | Journal ISSN: 1842-0206
Language: English
Page range: 41 - 51
Submitted on: Aug 1, 2025
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Accepted on: Nov 17, 2025
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Published on: Dec 31, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu, Andreea Apetrei Kalveram, Alina Florentina Gheorghe Gavrilă, published by Society for Business Excellence
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