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Nader Habibi
GCC States Import
Demand:The Effects of Geopolitics
Brandeis UniversityCrown Center for Middle East StudiesCrown Paper 6 June 2011
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Crown PapersEditorNaghmeh Sohrabi
Consulting EditorRobert L. Cohen
Production ManagerBenjamin Rostoker
Editorial BoardAbbas Milani
Stanford UniversityMarcus NolandPeterson Institute for International EconomicsWilliam B. QuandtUniversity of VirginiaPhilip RobinsOxford UniversityYezid SayighKings College London
Dror ZeeviBen Gurion University
About the Crown Paper SeriesThe Crown Papers are double-blind peer-reviewed monographs coveringa wide range of scholarship on the Middle East, including works of
history, economics, politics, and anthropology. The views expressed inthese papers are those of the author exclusively, and do not reflect theofficial positions or policies of the Crown Center for Middle East Studiesor Brandeis University.
Copyright 2011 Crown Center for Middle East Studies, BrandeisUniversity. All rights reserved.
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IntroductionIn ecent yeas, the high pice f cude il and natual gas haveinceased the puchasing pwe f il-expting Aab cunties,as a esult f which the cmpetitin amng industial cuntiest expt gds and sevices t these cunties has intensified.For r or o or or or r
o o ro 2000, M E or rk oor r or. Frror, oo oo Ar or o o o-or MENA (ME Nor Ar) or; o-o-or Ar or E, Jor, Moroo o r r o oo k jo r or or. T k- or, orkr r ro o o ro o-r or o or Ar oo. T o-or Ar
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rk r o or S r o o or ro rk r r joror or k r or o r rk r or rk
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Pr rk r o U S Wr ro C or rk o ror r orr rk r o o r o or
o oo ooo or o or or or ro rk r
o r or o rr o r o G Cooro Co GCC: S r U rr K O Br Qr or o ro o oo r or rk r r ro o r or r
r o o or rk o GCCor o rk r o orr r o r or o GCC or r ooo r r or o ror
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oo or z o o oo r Gro Do Pro or r o or r r r rk r o r rr r o o or or o oo ooo or o o oo ooo or or o ro or oo r r ro r or ror r o r r k oo or o o
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orr r oo ooo or r rr or orUS r ro r or o o r
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r ro US o r or q ro o U S rr o o o o r o r o r or O o U S r
ro ro r r or r r or S r U Qr r or r r ro oo S r Y or r or r r o US ro or oor r ro o o ro r rr o r or or r ooo P or r or r or o r o r or o US oo
r or r or r orr o r r or ro or o or or r oo o o Q rror k U S o ro or US ro o k oo o USrro
o o or o o r or o oo or U S r or ro oo r orr oror o r ro oor r rkr or U S or USro o K ro rq oo 99 o o o US rk r S r or GCCor r o r r ro Corr
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or or or r r ro r r r r r o o or rrr or or r or oor or o O or r
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Wor r Orzo WO o o rr r o r o o ro o or r rr o ror ror qo r r ro r o r or
o WO S r GCC or o o 54
Bo U S ro Uo o o r r r r or US r r r Br oroo or O B ro r oo r r or or o o r r r
r or USr r r r5
Uk U S o o r rr ro Uo ork or o r rr ko rorr r r r r rr oroo r or Lo r Sr P or Sor r
rr r rorr r r r6
ro Uo o o r r r GCC o o oo r or or o o r o ro7 or r r C o r r r r r GCC or r ro or k or GCC r k
r o r orz o r o W r r r r or o r or o r rk r o r r rr r rr o o o o or o r ro o oo o or o or rr rk r
ror r o ro oor q oo o or ooo orr o k r o r r o o o r o o o r
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Recent Trends in Arab Import Markets
Bor o o r rk r o or o
r rk o ook r z o rk o r o r or o r or r r : ro $476 o o $6595 o r o 347% o o ro r GCC or: r or o GCC or ro 375% r k o r ror o r oGCC or o or % o o oo o r or r r o r or 5% 99 r GCC or rk r or o or ror r or ro o r jor r rr r r or r oo or ro ro ro rr oro C or U S
Figure 1. Merchadise Imports of Arab Countries, 1985-2008
(in billions of $)
0.00
100.00
200.00
300.00
400.00
500.00
600.00
700.00
GCC countries Non-GCC Arab countries Sixteen Arab countries
Sor: ro or Direction of Trade Statistics, Yrookro r oGCC r or r: r rq orL Lo oroo Y S Sr
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Figure 2. Merchandise Imports of Arab Countries(in billions of $)
100
120
140
160
40
60
80
0
from the USA from China from France+Germany+Italy+UK from Japan
Sor: Direction of Trade Statistics Yrook ro r oGCC ror r: r rq or L Lo oroo YS Sr
o oro o r rk r o C U S r or ro or rro oo: r Gr UK oror rr rrr o r U4 orr o o orr r rr ro rk r o r r o o j o z o oor orr r oo o r
o o o r or ro or r rr r r r r r o rr oor o r or or oo o r r o or rk r ro 9 r o o rk r r oro r o ro U S Or ro o or rk r o C r r ro o r o C oo r or r 9: C jo r o r o roo or o o oo r ro U S Wr
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ro o o rk ro r o ro ro o r C or r
rk r o U4 r or ro r o 3% 99 o 4% 57 o o ook r 7 or U4 rk r r or U4 r r o GCC or ro 5% o % r r r o o o r or: W U4 rkr r S r jo or ro U or r ro K
o o o or U4 rk r ror r or or o ro W U4o o rk r o o r or: or r L r r ork rr r or r or U4rk r 36% ro 4 99 o 7 57
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Table 1. Combined Market Shares of Germany, France, Italy and the UK inArab Countries (3-year averages of the annual market shares)
1988-
90
1991-
93
1994-
96
1997-
99
1998-
2000(b)
2002-
04
2005-
07
Saudi Arabia 27% 28% 26% 24% 23% 22% 21%
UAE 25% 25% 26% 24% 28% 32% 28%
Kuwait 23% 27% 27% 23% 23% 26% 22%
GCC 25% 26% 25% 24% 24% 23% 21%
Arab
Countries(a) 32% 32% 31% 30% 30% 29% 24%
Middle East 33% 36% 34% 32% 31% 28% 26%
Latin
America 14% 13% 13% 12% 11% 10% 9%
Africa 42% 40% 37% 35% 35% 33% 27%
Developing
Countries 26% 26% 24% 23% 22% 21% 19%
Sor: or ro U Cor rk r or r or o ro or o r o r ror U or o: r or r: GCC or roroo L Sr or B or o 99799 99
r o orr o o Sr rror k o rk r ror r rk r or rr r or r r o o r r rrr
US rk r r or o r o U4 or r o o r or roo ro o o or o r
oo r or ro or U S US rk r r or r %4% r 9 o 9% 7
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US o o r GCC rk ro r o 4% 9 o r o% 7 U S ro ro oo S r US rk
r or ro % o r 3% 7 US rk r O Qr U r rr r 9 7 US rkr K r or r r G Wr 999 r ro oo r K rorq oo o ro 7% 99 o k o % 993 r o 5% 999 r %4% r r
o r 3 US rk r r ro o rr r r o or ror U4 or rk r r or rr Lr o or o r r or o US rk
r r or 7 o r r o L r or o or o oror r US o rk r r or oro or o or
Figure 3. USA: 3 Year Average Market Shares in Developing Countries
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
0%
1988-90 1991-93 1994-96 1997-99 1998-00 2002-04 2005-07
GCC Arab countries Latin America Africa Developing countries
Sor: Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbookro r L o r or
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Table 2. Market Share of the United States in Arab Countries (3-yearaverages of the annual market shares)
1988-
90
1991-
93
1994-
96
1997-
99
1998-
2000(b)
2002-
04
2005-
07
Saudi Arabia 17% 21% 22% 21% 20% 16% 13%
UAE 9% 9% 9% 10% 9% 7% 10%
Kuwait 12% 22% 16% 14% 13% 13% 14%
GCC 13% 16% 15% 14% 13% 11% 11%Arab
Countries(a) 12% 14% 13% 12% 12% 9% 9%
Middle East 13% 15% 17% 16% 15% 11% 12%
Latin
America 34% 46% 44% 48% 50% 44% 36%
Africa 9% 9% 9% 8% 8% 7% 6%
Developing
Countries 21% 25% 25% 26% 26% 18% 14%
Sor: or ro U Cor rk r or r or o ro or o r o r ror U or o: r or r: GCC or roroo L Sr or or o 99799 99
r o orr o o Sr rrork o rkr ror r rk r or rr ror r r o o r r rr r
or r or o rk r r or S r 4 O r rk r r or r or o or o rr r L r rk r r or or
ro r o 5% 9 o 7% 57 GCC rk r ro 4% o % 9 7
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Cr C rk r Uor ro o % 57 ro 4% 9 C rr US
or r 9955 jo % ro r 6 W ro C oo r or C o o rk r US r r rror r 6 ro r or k ro oo or or o r C ro Y r 3 5 ro or U4 o rk r r or r r ro o ro C rk r
o o U S
Figure 5. China: 3-year Average Market Shares in Developing Countries
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12
0.14
0.16
0.00
1988-90 1991-93 1994-96 1997-99 1998-00 2002-04 2005-07
GCC Arab countries Latin America Africa Developing countries
Sor: Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbookro r
rk r o o r r orrk o or r or o or oU4 C U S o or 56% o oor o r or 99 o r o 47% r 57 r rk r o
or or o r 6 rk r r or jo ro ro 99 ro orr 5 o or o o r o C r r or o
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r : ro 4% 99 o 39% 7 roo o r o C GCC rk or: ro 5% 99 o 7% or o o U o Cor D
Figure 6. Indias Share in Merchandise Imports of Arab Countries
0.0%1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
8.0%
GCC countries Arab countries
Sor: Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbookro r
Market shares in major import categories r oo r ror q r r or or or r GCC or o 3 or oor 535% o o r or r or or577% o GCC or o or r o o or r or o oor r or rr or r o orr S r o or o o or or o Qr or o
or o or or rorr r or O L rk o r9
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Table 3. Arab and GCC Countries Imports by SITC* Categories, 2008
GCC Countries All Arab Countries**
Value
(in millionsof U.S.$)
Share(%)
Value
(in millionsof U.S.$)
Share(%)
0+1-Food, live animals, beverages,
tobacco 22680.8 8.1% 47669.5 10.2%
2+4Crude materials, inedible, except
fuels; animal and vegetable oils; fats
and waxes 6760.3 2.4% 19955.6 4.3%
3Mineral fuels, lubricants, except
fuels 7990 2.9% 37124.5 8.0%
5Chemicals and related products 18238.5 6.5% 37993.1 8.2%
6Manufactured goods 56552.1 20.2% 95952.6 20.6%
7Machinery and transport equipment 104657.1 37.5% 153648.2 33.0%
8Miscellaneus manufactured articles 24812.6 8.9% 34437.6 7.4%
9Commodities and transactions not
classified elsewhere 37699.5 13.5% 39538.8 8.5%
Sor o : U o Cor * SC= Sr ro rCo ** r or = GCC or + r or LoL oroo Y
r oo r ror q o oor r o o or o r rr r or C ro roo or oo r ooo o or 4 r oo SC or 6 oor 44% o C r or or
r or U S U4 r 99% 9% 6%r
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or o r ror q o or 633% o or r r oor or or r o or or o U S U4 C r o 4% o
4% r or or or o r o r ror q C or rro 33% o 474% or U S o or r o or ro 57% o 4%
Table 4. Exports by SITC* Categories (% Share of Total Exports) in 2008
U.S. China EU4 Japan
0+1-Food, live animals, beverages,
tobacco 7 2.6 6.25 0.5
2+4Crude materials, inedible, except
fuels; animal and vegetable oils; fats
and waxes 6.2 0.8 2.09 1.3
3Mineral fuels, lubricants, exceptfuels 5.9 1.6 5 1.3
5Chemicals and related products 13.8 5 14.48 9.1
6Manufactured goods 9.6 18.1 14.73 11.7
7Machinery and transport
equipment 42.8 47.4 41.1 63.3
8Miscellaneus manufactured articles 10.3 24.3 11.23 7.3
9Commodities and transactions not
classified elsewhere 4.3 0.2 5.11 5.5
Total value of exports
(in billions of $) 1299.90 1217.78 3053.31 714.33
Sor o : U o Cor *SC= Sr ro rCo
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Market shares in imports of manufactured goods r 7 o rk r o orr o r oo or oro ro o r or B 97 6 roor U4 o r rk or r ro
o rr o or r rL oroorrr o r r o r U4 or r or 7% o rk r 975 o 7% o 6 S U4 r o ror r r ro o r or or o r L or Lo Sr
Figure 7. Manufactured Goods:Market shares (%) in imports of GCC
(1987-2006)
Figure 8. Manufactured Goods:Market shares (%) in imports of Levant
(1987-2006)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
EU4 China USA Japan
010%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
EU4 China USA Japan
Sor: U o Cor D Sor: U o Cor D
Figure 9. Manufactured Goods:
Market shares (%) in imports ofMaghreb (1987-2006)
Figure 10. Manufactured Goods:
Market shares (%) in imports of allArab countries (1987-2006)
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
EU4 China USA Japan
0
40%
50%
60%
0%
10%
20%
30%
Sor: U o Cor D Sor: U o Cor D
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rk r o U S r oo rko r or r o roor o or r % o r or o ror GCC or US r o %
997 r r o r 6% 6 ror r rr o US rk r or oo or L r
o or or r rr rk o r rk or r oo rk r or r oo r or o r ro 6% 97 o 6% 6 GCC ok
r ro z 3% 97 o 7% 6 k o rk r L r roo rk r r or o o ro r 97 o r o r r o o or roo ro roo o o r oo o o r oo o o SC
r oo orC rk r r or or o r ooo or jo r increase o o r r o r or r oo or r 7o ro rr r 995 rr rk C r ro ro 63% 996 o 53% 6 r r or rr o C r GCC rk
r or ro or or C r r o j % 6 L or r o r or r ro r o % 99 o 444% 6or U4r o 3% r
Market Shares in Machinery and Transport Equipment. r 4 o
r rk r o orr o r rorq or o ro o r or r o k o r oo o oor or rk r o US U4
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U4 rk r r or o r or 4 rr r o r 45% o 55%r r 976 o ro U4 rk r GCC or r r o
o or r r U4 rk r GCC or jo r ro o o 3% 99 o k o449% 4 or o 396% 6 o ro U4 rk r o or r Lr r ro k o 694% 99 o 49% 6r 4 r r ro rk
r o U S U4 o rk r o oro r o r r orr o oo oo ro r o rk or U4 99 o4 r o rk losseso r or US r ro o GCC rk B 99 4 U4 rk r o r US rk r ro 366% o 76% or rr
o r r 56 ro r o r o or ro r or r orr r ro or o r ror q r o or roo r o or or/ro r
Figure 11. Machinery andTransportation: Market shares (%) in
imports of GCC (1987-2006)
Figure 12. Machinery andTransportation: Market shares (%) in
imports of Levant (1987-2006)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
EU4 USA China Japan
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
EU4 USA China apan
Sor: U o Cor D Sor: U o Cor D
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Figure 13. Machinery andTransportation: Market shares (%) in
imports of Maghreb (1987-2006)
Figure 14. Machinery andTransportation: Market shares (%) inimports of all Arab countries (1987-
2006)
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
EU4 USA China Japan
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%
EU4 USA China Japan
Sor: U o Cor D Sor: U o Cor D
US rk r r or or o r ror q rr r o r oo rk r r rk rUS rk r r ror q or r976 9% or o 69% r
oo or r GCC rk r 74% %r rr S US oo oo r o roo o r oo r o rr rror o o r oo o o z oro oU S or o r r or o o orC r r or o r ror q o r o r oo r o9% % r r 976 r o r or o r C rk r r r or o r rorq ro ro 3% o % 6 o ro o C or ro r r ro oo or oo o or
ro r r k o o C o or o o rk or r ror q
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Review of Literature on Determinants of ImportShareBr r ro o o r o ooo o k o rr ooz ro r oo or r rr k r ooo or k k Po o or or oo o o o or r o r roro oo r oro r o o r
r o o r o oo o ro r or or o o o or or o o rooo oo or roo o o ro r o r oro oro o r or o or or o or or r ro 969 ro r or ro ro or or orr r ro r or oor or o ro o or or ro o r o oo or O o r o or r r r or or ro o o o or ro or r r rk r o r
or r Prk 9 o o or ro r rr o U S rooo Co C3 H or r o rro o D S DS4 o orr o or i r o orj o o r o r or oj or r o or or o
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r r oo or o o or or r r o ro ro ro oror k r o o o or orro ro r rr Po r r o
o o ro o r ror r o r o o r
U ro o r Koo 977 93 o rr o ro o o o o o r r5 o or r r 9 o o o r o o r r Pok 96 Gorok Pok 97 r
Hr o 93 ro o o or r o r o ro or o o o r r rrB o rr r ork Po 999 ooroo r oor o o o r o ro o or H or or
o r r: or or o r or or ro r rr r o or r or o or or r rr r oo ro r rr Po r ro o o ro orro o o r rr o ro r o rr o o r r oror r
o o ro o r ror or ror o or r oro or or r
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or r rr o r or or or Do oo 993 or or r o or o r or or o o Po orro Sro
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r 993 o o r r o o or U or ro r r o jor or o o or o r o o r o r ro or rro r
r o r rk o r r ro o ro r o o o oor o o o rr roo ooo or r or o o orrCo or S or or ororo or ro r o o ro o o
or o o r rr o ror o or r r r ro 96 97 Lz 9954 o r r o or o oro So : Wr So Uo r ro o or r ro o r r o o r
or r or o or o r or oCo or o L K 5 oo or Kor Pror o o o So Uo or Kor o o ro o C SoUo L K r r ror o or Kor ro o Co r o o o ro r r rk r o or Kor oro o oo o or
or r O r 66 or oo ro o rk or o rq rro o or or oo or or ro 94 o o ro o o ro rrq r: 9 o 999 G Wr US r rq r 34 r o o
rk or o rq r ro o o rq or o r r ro or or o rk
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Statistical Analysis
or o o o or r
r or o G Cooro Co S r U r r K O Br Qr o oor r o ro r: GCC o rr or GCC or + r or L oroo Sr r or or or or r o o o rr or k o o ororr r o o o: U S U4 C o or o rro o r o r rk ro C So Kor or orok rr o 4 r oror or orro ro Direction of Trade (DOT) Statistics7 o r o 969 DOT r or or
r r ror US or Hor o o r r ror or orr ro or r rr ror S r o ror r or oo o orr r o o rr or r rror or orroro r r o or r oor or rr
or r r r o r o o o o o oo or rrr o r r or or r o oro r r rr or ro rro rro o o o o r r oor r r o o
r r r o or r or o S or or oo o o
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Explanatory variables. or r rro o o oo r rorrr r o or or ro ror r j or o r o or
r jro or o oo r o o or or or r rr r o o o or rS GCC or o r or or r ro r oro or/ro r or/ r ro or o rr r ro or or/ro r r r r o
o US C or ro or Crr o orPolitical and diplomatic variables. orr o or o o o or ro r or or r r o or r or o o rr o USr ro
o o o rro U S r or S 5o jor r o r r G Wr rq Wr ro o U S r G Wr o ro o K ro rq oo r r GCC or or r or o O or US o o rq 3 ro ooo
o r o o r or or o r o r roo ro o r r o 3 4 or US ro rk r or o r 5 or o rr o r ro or ro r or USrk r GCC or or ro 37% 99
% 6% 3 4 r o or r or r orr o or o o P 9
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Sr rror k So Sr o r r r or r o orr ro ro So oo oo
Sr k o Wor r Cr orr o U S r or B o or r o o o r or r
Table 5. Effect of Important Events in U.S.Arab Relations on American andEuropean Import Shares
Change in the market
share of
1st Gulf War (Kuwait) (199091)
1990 1991 1992
USA in Saudi Arabia -1.5% 3.5% 2.3%
EU4 in Saudi Arabia 0.9% 0.4% 0.3%
EU2 in Saudi Arabia 0.8% 0.0% 0.3%
USA in GCC -1.0% 3.7% 0.2%
EU4 in GCC 0.8% -0.6% 0.7%
EU2 in GCC 0.8% -0.3% 0.0%
USA in Arab countries (total) -1.1% 2.1% 0.5%
EU4 in Arab countries (total) 1.7% -1.6% 0.2%
EU2 in Arab countries (total) 1.9% -1.7% 0.6%
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Table 5 Continued
Change in the market
share of
Second Intifada +September 11 attacks
(20012) Iraq War (20034)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
USA in Saudi Arabia 0.1% -1.2% -1.5% -1.3% 0.3% -0.5%
EU4 in Saudi Arabia -1.2% 0.1% -0.3% 0.1% -1.8% -0.5%
EU2 in Saudi Arabia -1.8% 0.3% -1.1% 0.0% -0.3% -1.0%
USA in GCC 0.6% -0.5% -0.6% -0.8% -1.6% 1.8%
EU4 in GCC 0.2% -0.3% 0.1% -0.5% -0.1% -0.4%
EU2 in GCC -1.8% 0.3% -1.1% 0.0% -0.3% -1.0%
USA in Arab countries (total) 1.0% -1.3% -0.1% -1.4% -0.9% 1.0%
EU4 in Arab countries (total) -1.3% -0.2% -0.5% 0.5% -2.9% -0.5%
EU2 in Arab countries (total) -0.9% 0.1% -0.5% 1.1% -1.7% -1.1%
U4 = r rk r o Gr r UK U = r rkr o r Gr o or r r o roooo o US oo o rq 3 r or = GCC or +r or L oroo Sr
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Estimation Results
or or or o o
o r r o r or o o qo or or ro or rr3 ko rro qo qo r or r r o or r or r rooo or r o or r o r o ro r oror H qo r o oro o SUR o orro or or 6 o r or U S or rr o r or ro Rr o r o r o o rr r o rro k 6 rr oo r r r o r 7 9
6 or r r o o r o US rk r or orro or r orro o o r boldface ro o r or r o or r or r $/ro -99 r o or r o ro o USrk r Br Hor o r r ro oro r * or ** r o r W 6 o o orr o $/ro r oo o o qo
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Table 6. Model Specication: First-Difference Log Equations (Market share ofthe U.S. in each country is the dependent variable. Equations extracted from
each countrys SUR model estimations.)
D r: 97 r3 = GCC or + r or Loroo Sr *= 9% o **= 95%o
USA Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar
Saudi
Arabia UAE GCC Arab 13
Total imports 0.532 - 0.5 0.391 0.0887 0.516 0.273 0.267 0.229
0.228 0.021** 0.139 0.634 0.595 0.133 0.053* 0.137
Exchange
rate $/euro
- 0.199 0.297 0.0656 0.446 - 0.047 - 0.32 - 0.051 0.00772
0.642 0.379 0.814 0.19 0.671 0.164 0.679 0.954
Dummy
20012 (2nd
Intifada/
September
11)
- 0.012 0.0996 0.0688 0.0924 - 0.0495 - 0.0142 - 0.0366 - 0.0679
0.949 0.504 0.544 0.524 0.292 0.88 0.486 0.164
Dummy
20034 (,
Iraq War)
- 0.298 0.0864 - 0.223 - 0.23 - 0.00578 - 0.184 - 0.15 - 0.16
0.13 0.59 0.068* 0.134 0.91 0.11 0.018** 0.008**
Dummy
19912
(Gulf War,
0.215 0.489 - 0.202 0.0673 0.152 - 0.0601 0.0963 0.091
0.247 0.002** 0.082* 0.642 0.002** 0.541 0.091* 0.07*
Dummy
199899
(Asian finan-
cial crisis)
0.114 - 0.0286 - 0.11 0.0219 - 0.0666 - 0.232 - 0.129 - 0.0867
0.548 0.846 0.343 0.881 0.155 0.022** 0.015** 0.08
Observations 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 25
"R-squared" 0.197 0.295 0.251 0.13 0.373 0.23 0.423 0.411
p-value 0.33 0.0611 0.156 0.604 0.011 0.217 0.0022 0.0079
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r o r r or oo o or o rrr o r o ro o r or or r G Wr o
o r o US rk r K S r GCC o r o 3 r or orr r r GCC or r r oro US r r K ro rq oo r o or o ro o US rk r GCC o or or 34 rqWr o or or or K o o O GCC o r
r rk or or So /Sr o o o o qo
r o 6 r or or C U4Rr r r or rz r or o o r 7 O o or r rr o or
or r o3
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Table 7. Direction of Inuence for Signicant Coefcients in SUR Model withFirst Difference-Log Equations
EU4USAChina (CH)Japan (JAP) Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar
SaudiArabia UAE GCC Arab 13
Dummy 20012 (2nd
Intifada + September
11)
Dummy 20034 (Iraq
War)
JA
EU4
EU4
USA
JAP
USA
Dummy 19912 (Gulf
War, Kuwait)
EU4
CH
EU4,
USA
JA
USA EU4 USA JAP
USA,
JAP
Dummy 19989
(Asian financial crisis) JAP
USA
CH
Ur: o o < Lor: o < U4: Gr r UK r 3: GCC or + r or L oroo Sr Ur ro: o o ro qo o
r 7 or o o k r rro o oo o o US rk r 34 rq Wr orro US rk r GCC or orro o o o o O G Wr or o orro
US rk r K S r GCC o /Sr or o or or or o o Sr oor r ro r o ror o 3 r or r
orr o ro o r ror 7 r r or ro o or
or or o C r oo or o r o o C 3 o o C So Kor 4 r o o ro r r
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o O ro or r 4 or or o o o r qo or US U4 4 o oor r 53 rr ro rk
r o rr o r o rk r o r o r r r ror o33 r o o o r rr o r
Table 8. Direction of Inuence for Signicant Coefcients in SUR Modelwith First-Difference Equations Based on 3-Year Averages of Market Shares
(3-Equation SUR Model)
EU4USAAsia4 Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar
SaudiArabia UAE GCC Arab 13
Dummy 20012
(2nd Intifada +
September 11) USA
Asia4
USA
Asia4
USA Asia4 USA
Dummy 20034
(Iraq War) Asia4 Asia4 EU4 Asia4 Asia4 Asia4
Asia4,
EU4
Dummy 19912
(Gulf War, Kuwait)
USA
Asia4
USA
Asia4 USA
USA
Asia4 USA USA
Dummy 19989
(Asian financial
crisis) USA Asia4 Asia4
Ur: o o Lor: o : > 9 or o 4: C So Kor U4: rGr UK r3: GCC or + r or L oroo Sr Ur ro: o o ro qo o
o r or orro o oor o ror r rr o or
r o r rk r o r orro r or So /Sr orr o r o or rk ror U S r GCC or r o
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r or o r or orr o or gained rk r or o r o r o ror o ro US ror r ro o o Sr rror
k r o o o o r o or or r o r o o U S V o r j o o kro k ro r o r o r o USor
W o o rk r o or U S oo 34 rq Wr or o
o or o orro rk r o ro or rk r o or rr r ro o C rkr roo r o orr r ro rk or r r o oo or o r orr o U4 or rkr o U Ko r or o r or
3 rk r o r Gr r ro ooo o r r rr Hor rk o r Grr rr rk o o U Ko r rk or r or o r Gr r UK o r or
or or G Wr o o oo
US rk r r o o GCC or ror o r or W GCC or US rkr o oo or KQr S r Br o GCC or r o U S or r r r US ro o rq oo o K o o roror o r US rk r r
r r ro o K r o o oro o r ro o U S o o o o34 G Wr or o o
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o orro U4 rk r zz or or r r US oo rq G Wr r oro r o U S
r or r or r 5 o o o or or ro o ror r o o orro ror or or GCC or r r o rr r or o r oo o r r r ror 3 o rr r o r o o
o r r o or or o o r o r or r r
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Summary of the ResearchB 3 o r or o
r or ro ro $ o o $65 o r r r or o r r r o r o ooo r or or r or or rk ro ororo r r rk orr o roo r ro ro or o or or oor o roo r ro r or o or r o G Cooro Co GCC or o or or 6% o r or r oo rq o rk r ro o r o o GCC r r r o o or o GCC rk or or
o ro o r or rk or o o o o o rk r o orr o r or o or o r r o ook r o rk ror oro rk r or oro U ro or U o o r r o o rk r o U S C r rk r o or r ro oo Gr r U Ko S GCC o r o orro or rk r or o oGCC or rr r r 9 7 U
S or ro or o rk r r rk C rk r o or r o ro jo ro or o rk r o ro or U
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S r r or o o r rk o orr r r or o or rk o o r r o 99 oo or o o r 57 C rk r r
o oo r ro r7 r rr r r r o q r or o r r o r rk r o r or or orro U S o o rk r r rkrr GCC or r r r
o r or o o or o or ro or o or rk o r or rr o or r o Crk r or r o or oro o o r r or o ook
rk r o orr r o o o ro o r o r or o r or: r oo r ror qD r U S or roor rr rk o rk or roo r ro oo ro C or oo ror o o rk o rz r 995 rk or r ror q US ro
o r rk r r r C r or o or r r r C r o roo o or o ro o or ro o ro ror o r o
o r o rro o o o or oo o rrk r o orr r r o Vro r o o
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ro o o o o o rr r o o o r ro U S r or oo r or ro US o o o
USr roo or o o or or oo : G Wr o 99 o P Sr rror k US o o rq 34 o r r rk ro orr o r or or o o or r orro o o o
o r or o B o or r So Sr Sr k o o o ror W o o oo o C or ro r o orr rk r
ror USr ro or r or o ro r ro o or ro o rr ro or r ooo o US o r Grooo o US o o rq r r G Wr US oo rq o o US rk r
r or W or o oo r G Wr US rk r GCC or r oro r or 99 99 Corr or oo o o rq US rk r r or o r or o GCC or oo o or US rk r S r o o ro o r rk r
o ro r or r 34 r o US o o rq
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r or So /Sr r r ro o r US rk r Br r rk r S r U o oo r o or GCC or or
r or o GCC or r or oo r o US rk r r or o r or S r USrk o r ro o rk gainsor ro or oo r o So Sr k o USSro ror o US ro or r or
Or o o or r r o rk r o orr o r or rr o oo oro C r r oro o o rk r o r o r o ror o r rr o or o ro or r jor oo
orr o r r ror r r rr W r r r o or r o r o o o o o o or r r rro o o rr o r or
rr o o r r rr or ro or r rro o r /rro or or ooo or o o o rr or
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AppendixTheory and Statistical Model
o r or r or o o o r o or rk r o o ok Prk35 o or r Prk r or r qo ro o D S DS DS o o o or or or rk r oo r o or or r or
or r o jor oor or qo DSr r ro r o r qo
(1) Log c(,P) = 0
+ k
klogP
k+
k
i* logP
klogP
i+
0
kPk
ki k
r c(, P) = o o or o or r P
1 P
2 P
n Hr P
irr or r
o or ori r r B k r o qo r o log Pi,
r rkr or orr o qo 3:
log c(u, P)
= ai
log Pi
3 ai=
i+
k
iklog P
k+
i
0
kPk
k
qo 3 or or or r o o or or o or r o ro o or o o qo 3 Prk o or z orr o o or M o r P M= c(,P) qo oor o oM Pr or qo 3
r or r o or or orj ori qo 4:
4 aj = j + kj
klog Pj + j log(M)j
k P
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qo ro r r or o o or rqo r r or orr rr o o r or r r r or r or or W
ror r o qo rr ooo or o rkr o orr
Conversion to real values. or r or o r or r r or ro o rro oro r r o ro or r o r or or ro
o or o or or ror or r o r o ror o r or r j or r or oor r or r o o o ro r r 3 orr o or o or o or or ro o o r or or r o or r o or
or o or or q o r o o or o oror o or or Coq ko or or or o or r r orr o oro r 9
Table A1. Sources of Data for Export Price Indexes
U.S.
Bureau of Economic Analysis (Export-Goods Price Index, Table
1.1.4)
Italy, UK, Germany IMF
Japan Bank of Japan (Export Price Index)
China
National Bureau of Statistics (Producer Price Index of
Manufactured Goods
FranceNational Income Accounts (Ratio of Nominal to Real Values ofExports of Goods
India IMF (Export Prices, L74&D)
Korea IMF (Export Prices, L76)
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The Estimation Method
rk r o r rr o or or r
ro rk r or rr o o o r o rr r r rk r o orB o ror S Ur Rro SURo or r Orr L SqrOLS rro o k o o SUR o SUR o or or or o o qo or r rr r oro rr or or o orr 5% o o or o or or or r o or r r r o r
The unit-root test
o k r r r r r or r Dkr or r qo 36 r o o Br Qr rk r r r oor or r oro o r r o r r r o r
rro rr r
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Table A2. Multivariate Dickey-Fuller Test for Seemingly Unrelated Equations(Four Equations for Market Shares of USA, EU4, Japan, & China)
Level First Difference
Test value
5% Critical
value (no. ofobservations) Test value
5% Critical
value (no. ofobservations)
Bahrain 33.226 28.15 (28) 79.953 28.894 (27)
Kuwait 17.937 28.15 (28) 79.491 28.894 (27)
Oman 22.287 28.15 (28) 75.384 28.894 (27)
Qatar 30.921 28.15 (28) 164.745 28.894 (27)
Saudi Arabia 8.329 28.15 (28) 46.156 28.894 (27)
UAE 11.818 28.15 (28) 93.898 28.894 (27)
GCC 14.919 28.15 (28) 56.128 28.894 (27)
Arab13 19.631 31.844(24) 53.232 33.168 (23)
D r: 97 r3 = GCC or + r or Loroo Sr rk r r o or o rS r r o o
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Table A3. Direction of Change for Signicant Coefcients in SUR Models withFirst-Difference Equations Based on 3-Year Averages of the Market Shares
(3-Equation SUR Model for each Importer)
EU4USAAsia4 Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar
SaudiArabia UAE GCC
Arab13
Dummy 20012
(2nd Intifada +
September 11) USA EU4
EU4*
USA
EU4,
Asia4
USA Asia4
Arab
13
Dummy 20034
(Iraq War) Asia4 Asia4 EU4 EU4
Asia4,EU4
USA Asia4
USA
Asia4
Dummy 20058
(Oil boom) Asia4
Asia4
EU4
Asia*,
EU4*
USA USA Asia4*
USA
Asia4
Dummy 19912
(Gulf War)
USA
Asia4 USA Asia4 USA USA Asia4 USA USA
Dummy 1998-
99 (Asian
financial crisis)
USA
EU4 Asia4 Asia4 Asia4 EU4
Ur: Po S Co Lor: SCo U4 = Gr r UK 4 = C SoKor r3 = GCC or + r or L oroo Sr * S 995 r k Urro: o o ro qo o
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EndnotesAcknowledgments: I would like to acknowledge the valuable comments that I receivedfrom the two anonymous referees that reviewed this article on behalf of the CrownCenter for Middle East Studies. I also would like to express my gratitude to Catherine
Mann, Seyed Moaven Razavi and Mohammed al-Mahroughy for their valuablesuggestions and assistance at various stages of this research. Georges Fadel providedvaluable research assistance. Finally, Im grateful to the management and staff of theCrown Center for generous nancial and editorial support.
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2 Economists have generally been more interested in studying the volume of
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analytical model for analysis of bilateral trade is the gravity model, which assumes
that the volume of trade between two nations is a function of the size of their
respective economies (GDP) and the geographical distance between them. (The
gravity model was rst introduced by Jan Tinbergen in Shaping the World Economy:
Suggestions for an International Economic Policy [New York: Twentieth Century Fund,
1962].) Economists and political scientists have inserted additional variables into
the simple gravity model to study the impact of other factorssuch as political
institutions, diplomatic relations between the two countries, and relative priceson
the volume of bilateral trade.
3 Nicholas Blanford, Arab Citizens Seize Boycott Banner, Christian Science Monitor,
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4 Currently ten Arab countries enjoy WTO membership, while six other states have
observer status, which will eventually pave the way for accession negotiations.
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7 A major point of disagreement in EU-GCC trade negotiations is the refusal of
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8 The rst round of trade talks between China and GCC countries was held in
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the GCC was held in March 2006, but progress has been slow. The GCC countries
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9 These statistics were calculated by the author based on United Nations Comtrade
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GCC countries.
10 Data calculated by the Author based on the United Nations Comtrade data.
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29 The rst Palestinian Intifada began in December 1987 and lasted until 1993. The
second Palestinian Intifada began in September 2000, but there are disagreements
as to when it ended. Some argue that it ended in 2004, while others believe it
lasted until 2005. As far as the impact of the Second Intifada on the image of the
United States in the Arab world is concerned (and the resulting possible surge
in anti-American sentiment), I believe that the impact of the Second Intifada was
strongest in 2001 and lasted through 2002. After 2002, it was overshadowed by the
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U.S. invasion of Iraq, which had a signicantly greater impact on Arab sentiment
toward the United States. Even in the last quarter of 2001, the impact of the Second
Intifada on the image of the U.S. in the Arab world was largely overshadowed
by the September 11 attacks. This is why I chose to ag 2001 and 2002 as the time
period during which the Second Intifada and the September 11 attacks were the
dominant contributors to Arab sentiment toward the United States.
30 I use a SUR model with the rst-difference log equation of the import share
equation that is described in the appendix. The SUR does allow for differences
in right-hand-side equations, and instead of using the same exchange rate in all
equations, I have used the appropriate exchange rate for each exporting country.
31 In some cases the coefcient was signicant, but it came from an equation with a
p-value of greater than or equal to 0.1, which lessens the signicance of the result.
32 These estimations were performed with rst difference-log values and simple rst
difference values.
33 The results were very similar in terms of the sign and signicance of the
coefcients, but the coefcient t-statistics were larger in the rst-difference model.
34 The improved image of the United States in GCC countries and its impact on U.S.
exports to these countries was remarked on by Edward P. Djerejian, Assistant
Secretary for Near East Affairs in the Clinton administration, who observed in
1993 that [i]n the wake of Desert Storm, the end of the Cold War, and our role
in the Arab-Israeli peace process, many U.S. rms are nding Near East markets
more receptive to American products. This is particularly true in the Gulf, where
both the public and private sectors are increasingly inclined to buy American.
(U.S. Economic Policy in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities [speech,
October 4, 1993], U.S. Department of State dispatch).*
35 Parikh, An Econometric Study.
36 This test was conducted in Stata (econometric software) using the MADFULLER
command. Multivariate Augmented Dickey-Fuller is a panel unit root test that is
suitable for Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) models. The null hypothesis of
this test is that all the time series in the panel are nonstationary. Therefore the null
hypothesis will be rejected even if one time series is stationary. For more details,
see Mark P. Taylor and Lucio Sarno, The Behavior of Real Exchange Rates during
the postBretton Woods Period,Journal of International Economics 46, no. 2 (1998),
pp. 281312 .
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About the Author
Nader Habibi is the Henry J. Leir Professor of the Economics of the MiddleEast. Habibi was most recently Managing Director of the Middle East andNorth Africa Division in the Country Intelligence Group. His expertise is theimpact of political institutions on scal and monetary policy, and economicreform in the Middle East. He holds a Ph.D. in economics and a graduatedegree in systems engineering from Michigan State University and has workedas a research fellow at the Middle East Council at Yale University.
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