Analysis of the Commercial Competitiveness of the Colombian Manufacturing Sector through Multivarian Analysis Techniques

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the commercial competitiveness of the manufacturing sector in Colombia through the export openness coefficient to understand the variables that define its current position through multivariate techniques such as cluster analysis. For the above, the literature related to trade competitiveness, the export openness coefficient and the cluster analysis technique were reviewed. Based on the above, the statistical data provided by the National Planning Department in the periods 2013 to 2018 were analyzed, associated with 10 representative subsectors of the manufacturing sector. Next, the cluster analysis technique was applied using the Minitab 16 statistical software to identify groups and characteristic profiles of commercial competitiveness. 3 groups or characteristic profiles were identified where clusters 1 and 2 increased low levels of competitiveness and cluster 3, levels of it. Likewise, the results show the capacity and relevance of the cluster analysis technique to determine profiles and levels of commercial competitiveness, thus providing the literature with an important benchmark for competitive evaluation, which can be replicated in different productive sectors