The benefit of comparative advantage is the ability to produce a good or service for a lower opportunity cost. A comparative advantage gives companies the ability to sell goods and services at prices that are lower than their competitors, gaining stronger sales margins and greater profitability.
It is being able to produce goods by using fewer resources at a lower opportunity cost that gives countries a comparative advantage The gradient of a reflects the opportunity cost of production Increasing the production of one good means that less of another can be produced
