Widyariset
Vol 15, No 1 (2012): Widyariset

INDONESIA-CHINA’S BILATERAL TRADE PATTERN ANALYSIS, PRE AND POST FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACFTA

Aditya P. Alhayat (Kementerian Perdagangan)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2012

Abstract

This paper intends to study whether Indonesian-China’s bilateral trade pattern has substantially changedafter the full implementation of ASEAN-Cina Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) in 2010. It also identifies the tradesectors which have comparative advantage and comparative disadvantage with China. Utilizing descriptivequantitative analysis, this study comparing the trade patterns pre and post ACFTA. The results showed that thetrade patterns between the two countries are relatively similar between before and after ACFTA. In addition, manyIndonesia’s commodity exports are still based on natural resources. Therefore, it needs trade policies to encouragehigher value-added of the products.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

widyariset

Publisher

Subject

Engineering

Description

Widyariset is a scientific journal which publishes the results of research and development, assessment and systematic thinking about science and technology. The writers of the scientific papers in this journal come from researchers/researcher candidates from various institutions' research and ...