What is the difference between intra industry trade and inter industry trade?
John Kim
Published Apr 18, 2026
Then, how is intra industry trade measured?
The size of intra-industry trade is measured by using Grubel and Lloyd's index, i.e., the share of intra-industry trade in total trade (IIT). The more extreme an industry is with regard to factor intensity, i.e., if an industry is very capital or very labor intensive, the smaller IIT is in that industry.
Likewise, what does inter industry mean? : existing or occurring between industries or throughout parts of an industry interindustry relationships interindustry wage levels.
Then, what causes intra industry trade?
Economies of Scale, Competition, Variety. A second broad reason that intra-industry trade between similar nations produces economic gains involves economies of scale. The concept of economies of scale means that as the scale of output goes up, average costs of production decline—at least up to a point.
What is vertical intra industry trade?
Different types of trade are captured in measurements of intra-industry trade: b) Trade in “vertically differentiated” products distinguished by quality and price (e.g. exports of high-quality clothing and imports of lower-quality clothing).