Analysis on trade complementarity of horticultural products between China and central Asian countries

This paper uses market penetration, trade intensity index, trade complementarity index, calculate and analyze the 2006— 2010 China and Central Asian countries horticultural products trade complementarity. Research shows that: horticultural products in China and Central Asian countries with significant trade complementarity, wherein, tea and spices fruit, fruit and vegetable products have strong trade complementarity and market penetration;vegetable trade are complementary and market potential; tobacco and tobacco products, live trees and flowers of trade complementarity are not significant.