similarity indexes of central amercian countries for four years 1994 1998 1999 and 2002 estuardo gomez advisor timothy taylor food & resource economics department college agricultural life sciences university florida april 2006 1 introduction the american have much in common from their topography customs needs also economic structure itself theoretically america been traditionally raw materials exporters importers finished goods with added value but which measured these exports imports are similar between what is scope overlaps implies this use an index measuring any two or groups to a third market could be key answer questions one can observe changes overtime thereby assess degree becoming more divergent advantage such over other measure that it requires only international trade data available on standardized basis all
