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High technology exports by product group in EU-15 countries in 2003: index of relative specialisation

Country	Aerospace	Computers and office machinery	Electronics and tele- communications equipment	Pharma- ceuticals	Scientific instruments	Electrical machinery	Chemicals	Non- electrical machinery	Armaments	High tech exports total
Ireland	-0,87	0,68	0,26	0,30	0,30	-0,11	-0,84	-0,77	-1,00	0,35
Netherlands	-0,69	0,54	0,16	-0,13	0,18	0,02	0,10	-0,23	-0,99	0,21
United Kingdom	0,32	0,15	0,16	0,04	0,13	0,29	0,17	0,22	0,26	0,18
Finland	-0,79	-0,70	0,57	-0,77	0,04	-0,22	-0,70	-0,38	0,10	0,17
France	0,46	-0,31	-0,06	0,03	-0,03	-0,28	0,28	-0,04	0,05	0,06
Germany	0,06	-0,15	0,00	-0,22	0,14	0,13	0,03	0,10	-0,46	-0,01
Denmark	-0,88	-0,29	-0,09	0,59	0,06	-0,09	-0,14	-0,74	-0,45	-0,03
Sweden	-0,39	-0,56	0,23	-0,12	-0,01	-0,02	-0,71	0,24	0,48	-0,04
Itävalta	-0,20	-0,32	0,04	0,30	-0,17	0,29	-0,55	-0,14	0,33	-0,05
Luxembourg	-0,34	-0,25	0,09	-0,96	-0,27	-0,82	-0,22	-0,86	-0,96	-0,19
Portugal	-0,36	-0,36	-0,14	-0,61	-0,62	0,22	-0,44	-0,95	0,25	-0,31
Greece	0,02	-0,76	-0,35	0,07	-0,76	-0,60	0,09	-0,93	-0,69	-0,33
Italy	-0,45	-0,61	-0,39	0,04	-0,38	-0,28	-0,30	0,11	0,45	-0,33
Belgium	-0,86	-0,25	-0,49	0,14	-0,50	-0,33	-0,14	-0,11	-0,62	-0,34
Spain	-0,51	-0,61	-0,37	-0,32	-0,50	-0,41	-0,01	-0,37	-0,07	-0,42

The index of 'relative specialisation': (the country's share of EU countries' high technology exports / the country's share of EU countries' total exports - 1) / (the country's share of EU countries' high technology exports / the country's share of EU countries' total exports + 1). The figures in bold represent the highest value in each country. The underlined figures are the highest values of each product group. On the product group level, high technology exports are relatively most specialised in countries where the index of a certain product group is the highest both by country and as compared to other countries (these figures are given both in bold and underlined in the table). When a country's share of the EU countries' combined high technology exports exceeds its share of the EU's total exports, its rate of specialisation is positive. The higher the positive value, the more strongly the country is oriented to high technology exports when compared to other countries. Index values for individual products groups have been calculated using the same principle.

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Last updated 9.12.2005