Table 2.

Correlation among RSACA Indices, selected countries;

Source: Elaborations on UN COMTRADE data

Corr	BULG	CHIN	FRAN	GERM	INDO	ITA	JAP	KOR	PHIL	ROM	TAIW	THAI	UK	US	VIET
Year 2001
BULG	1.00
CHIN	0.32	1.00
FRAN	− 0.20	− 0.14	1.00
GERM	− 0.36	− 0.27	0.52	1.00
INDO	0.22	0.33	− 0.50	− 0.54	1.00
ITA	− 0.14	0.36	0.33	0.29	0.06	1.00
JAP	− 0.35	− 0.30	0.38	0.67	− 0.50	0.25	1.00
KOR	− 0.10	0.27	0.13	0.33	− 0.06	0.49	0.44	1.00
PHIL	0.22	0.52	− 0.24	− 0.39	0.56	0.18	− 0.35	0.07	1.00
ROM	0.65	0.33	− 0.19	− 0.31	0.29	− 0.01	− 0.24	0.03	0.44	1.00
TAIW	− 0.26	0.35	− 0.01	0.15	0.11	0.52	0.23	0.69	0.14	− 0.04	1.00
THAI	0.17	0.57	− 0.14	− 0.37	0.56	0.25	− 0.35	0.20	0.54	0.10	0.25	1.00
UK	− 0.23	− 0.33	0.40	0.58	− 0.59	0.15	0.50	0.05	− 0.52	− 0.36	− 0.13	− 0.48	1.00
US	− 0.33	− 0.59	0.33	0.57	− 0.54	− 0.13	0.33	− 0.17	− 0.48	− 0.39	− 0.24	− 0.48	0.46	1.00
VIET	0.18	0.59	− 0.28	− 0.58	0.69	0.19	− 0.57	− 0.09	0.65	0.22	0.07	0.65	− 0.52	− 0.60	1
Year 2019
BULG	1.00
CHIN	− 0.25	1.00
FRAN	− 0.02	− 0.33	1.00
GERM	− 0.07	− 0.09	0.47	1.00
INDO	0.12	− 0.05	− 0.31	− 0.41	1.00
ITA	− 0.10	0.27	0.28	0.50	− 0.19	1.00
JAP	− 0.05	− 0.13	0.36	0.60	− 0.44	0.20	1.00
KOR	− 0.09	0.04	0.27	0.53	− 0.45	0.26	0.70	1.00
PHIL	0.14	0.02	− 0.13	− 0.34	0.51	− 0.18	− 0.36	− 0.30	1.00
ROM	0.24	0.01	− 0.07	0.15	0.23	0.22	− 0.01	0.06	0.18	1.00
TAIW	− 0.32	0.43	− 0.05	0.28	− 0.31	0.29	0.37	0.52	− 0.22	− 0.02	1.00
THAI	0.01	0.13	0.06	0.09	0.24	0.26	− 0.11	− 0.01	0.12	0.11	0.14	1.00
UK	− 0.06	− 0.43	0.53	0.48	− 0.46	0.21	0.50	0.37	− 0.31	0.05	0.09	− 0.22	1.00
US	− 0.02	− 0.56	0.38	0.52	− 0.27	0.03	0.42	0.17	− 0.31	− 0.01	0.00	− 0.12	0.56	1.00
VIET	0.10	0.50	− 0.30	− 0.25	0.50	0.21	− 0.46	− 0.25	0.36	0.33	− 0.08	0.34	− 0.46	− 0.53	1

Correlation ≥ 0.50 in italics; correlation ≥ 0.60 in bold italics