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Do Regional Trade Areas Improve Export Competitiveness? - A Case Of Indonesia

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  • Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti

    (University of Melbourne, Australia)

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Indonesia has involved in quite many regional trade agreements, since more than a decade ago. Theoritically, free trade agreements (FTAs) are very beneficial to the countries, as resources are more efficiently allocated due to production specialization. However, presence of asymmetric information, market inefficiency, and economic distortion in the real world have led to a deviation of FTAs benefits from its theoritical framework. This paper studies whether Indonesian export competitiveness is improving after Indonesia involves in ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) and ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA). Export competitiveness are measured by some trade indicators, such as: trade intensity index, market share, export product dynamics, and RCA, for some Indonesian main export products. The indices are compared across ASEAN countries and China to reveal: (i) which products are gaining or losing competitiveness in ASEAN and China markets; and (ii) which countries are becoming Indonesian main competitors in ASEAN and China markets. Additionally, this paper ends up with some policy recommendations that Indonesia should undertake to improve competitiveness of its products in ASEAN and China markets.

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  • Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, 2010. "Do Regional Trade Areas Improve Export Competitiveness? - A Case Of Indonesia," Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking, Bank Indonesia, vol. 13(1), pages 5-22, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:idn:journl:v:13:y:2010:i:1e:p:5-22
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21098/bemp.v13i1.383
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    Keywords

    FTA; export competitiveness; Indonesia;
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    JEL classification:

    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions

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