What more can we export?

The world’s top exporters (for the different sectors) demonstrate one or more of the following ‘base’ capabilities. These are the ‘platforms’ on which they enable profitable export industries:

• Intellectual Property by way of multinational businesses and brands  e.g. USA, Switzerland, Japan
• High-value natural resources e.g. Australia, Russia, Saudi Arabia
• Highly-skilled knowledge workforce e.g. Singapore, Korea, India (for ITES)
• Large-scale, low-cost ‘production’ workforce e.g. Bangladesh, China, Vietnam
• Regional hub e.g. Dubai, Netherlands

On what ‘platform’ are we?