95 Vol 13, No 2, June 2023, PP. 95-108 International Journal of Management Research and Emerging Sciences Determining Competitiveness of Pakistan Sports Goods Industry Using Revealed Comparative Analysis Khurrum Shahzad School of Economics & Finance, Minhaj University Lahore Pakistan. khurramshahzad@mul.edu.pk Shagufta Aslam School of Economics & Finance, Minhaj University Lahore Pakistan. shaguftaaslam54@gmail.com Anum Javaid* Minhaj University, Lahore, Pakistan. *Corresponding:anumjavaid13@outlook.com ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Received: 21 Feb, 2023 Revised: 02 Apr, 2023 Accepted: 18 May, 2023 Available Online: 07 Jun, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.56536/ijmres.v13i2.445 This study calculates and explains the comparative advantage of Pakistan's sports goods industries in the international market. Static and dynamic comparative advantage analysis differentiates this work from the previous ones for the sports goods industry. The top ten Pakistani sports items have been chosen for this purpose. The product positioning of these products in the international market has also been determined. The results of this study indicate that China and India have a strong revealed comparative advantage in festivals, carnivals, or other forms of entertainment goods and Balls, respectively. In contrast, the United States, Thailand, and Indonesia have a significant revealed comparative advantage in Golf balls. China acquires a competitive position in the global market in 9 of Pakistan's top 10 sports items for 2019. According to dynamic revealed comparative advantage, Pakistan has the most significant revealed comparative advantage for inflatable balls from 2005 to 2019 in the international market, implying that Pakistan has a competitive edge in exporting this product. The Government of Pakistan needs to prioritize and facilitate the sports goods industry for increasing exports of this industry. ” Keywords: Competitiveness, Static RCA, Dynamic RCA, Trade Specialization, Sports products, Inflatable balls JEL Classification: L67-M16 © 2023 The authors, under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0. INTRODUCTION Among the renowned industries of Pakistan, the sports goods industry enjoys its position as a small-scale. Various sports items like sports articles, soccer balls, cricket bats and balls, tennis balls, hockey and polo sticks, and badminton rackets are manufactured in this industry. Multifold advantages are associated with this industry as it generates direct advantages through employment, tax earnings for the government, and earnings from sports events. The industry also contributes to the tourism, hospitality, textiles, and clothing sector by manufacturing sportswear, increasing the volume of exports for Pakistan (Luiz & Fadal, 2011). Pakistan's sports goods industry exports sports products connected to cricket, hockey, martial arts, swimming, motorbikes, and car racing (Hussain et al., 2016). The expansion of Pakistan’s sports goods products highly relies on the demand of foreign countries (Awan & Bhatti, 2003; Ali & Waqas, 2022).