Table 2. The effect of temperatures...

Table 2.

The effect of temperatures above 30°C on the quality of products exported by different products

SITC code	Product category description	Coefficient	St. error	t-stat
Panel A: negative and statistically significant products
00	Live animals chiefly for food	−0.0368**	0.0146	−2.53
05	Vegetables and fruit	−0.0035**	0.0016	−2.11
29	Crude animal and vegetable materials, nes	−0.0046*	0.0026	−1.78
35	Electric current	−0.0193**	0.0076	−2.53
42	Fixed vegetable oils and fats	−0.0143*	0.0076	−1.88
52	Inorganic chemicals	−0.0038**	0.0019	−1.96
53	Dyeing, tanning and coloring materials	−0.0046*	0.0023	−1.97
54	Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	−0.0052***	0.0020	−2.57
55	Oils and perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	−0.0048***	0.0018	−2.63
56	Fertilizers, manufactured	−0.0072*	0.0038	−1.88
58	Artificial resins and plastic materials and cellulose esters etc.	−0.0024*	0.0014	−1.75
61	Leather, leather manufactures, nes, and dressed furskins	−0.0074***	0.0025	−2.96
62	Rubber manufactures, nes	−0.0057***	0.0020	−2.89
64	Paper, paperboard, and articles of pulp, of paper or of paperboard	−0.0021*	0.0012	−1.70
65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, nes and related products	−0.0025**	0.0010	−2.41
68	Non-ferrous metals	−0.0041**	0.0016	−2.48
76	Telecommunications, sound recording and reproducing equipment	−0.0046*	0.0024	−1.89
83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	−0.0035*	0.0020	−1.71
84	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	−0.0031**	0.0012	−2.52
89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles, nes	−0.0018*	0.0010	−1.77
Positive and statistically significant products
22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit	0.0079*	0.0043	1.84
63	Cork and wood, cork manufactures	0.0058**	0.0029	1.99
73	Metalworking machinery	0.0045*	0.0025	1.78
82	Furniture and parts thereof	0.0035**	0.0015	2.33
94	Animals, live, nes, (including zoo animals, pets, insects, etc.)	0.1341***	0.0320	4.18

SITC code	Product category description	Coefficient	St. error	t-stat
Panel A: negative and statistically significant products
00	Live animals chiefly for food	−0.0368**	0.0146	−2.53
05	Vegetables and fruit	−0.0035**	0.0016	−2.11
29	Crude animal and vegetable materials, nes	−0.0046*	0.0026	−1.78
35	Electric current	−0.0193**	0.0076	−2.53
42	Fixed vegetable oils and fats	−0.0143*	0.0076	−1.88
52	Inorganic chemicals	−0.0038**	0.0019	−1.96
53	Dyeing, tanning and coloring materials	−0.0046*	0.0023	−1.97
54	Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	−0.0052***	0.0020	−2.57
55	Oils and perfume materials; toilet and cleansing preparations	−0.0048***	0.0018	−2.63
56	Fertilizers, manufactured	−0.0072*	0.0038	−1.88
58	Artificial resins and plastic materials and cellulose esters etc.	−0.0024*	0.0014	−1.75
61	Leather, leather manufactures, nes, and dressed furskins	−0.0074***	0.0025	−2.96
62	Rubber manufactures, nes	−0.0057***	0.0020	−2.89
64	Paper, paperboard, and articles of pulp, of paper or of paperboard	−0.0021*	0.0012	−1.70
65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, nes and related products	−0.0025**	0.0010	−2.41
68	Non-ferrous metals	−0.0041**	0.0016	−2.48
76	Telecommunications, sound recording and reproducing equipment	−0.0046*	0.0024	−1.89
83	Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	−0.0035*	0.0020	−1.71
84	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	−0.0031**	0.0012	−2.52
89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles, nes	−0.0018*	0.0010	−1.77
Positive and statistically significant products
22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit	0.0079*	0.0043	1.84
63	Cork and wood, cork manufactures	0.0058**	0.0029	1.99
73	Metalworking machinery	0.0045*	0.0025	1.78
82	Furniture and parts thereof	0.0035**	0.0015	2.33
94	Animals, live, nes, (including zoo animals, pets, insects, etc.)	0.1341***	0.0320	4.18

Notes:

Panel A shows the SITC codes where the estimated extreme high temperature (higher than 30°C) effect is negative and statistically significant; Panel B shows those SITC codes where the effect is positive and statistically significant

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