Economic Impact of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement(AFTA) on Philippine Fruit Exports

• 영문명: Economic Impact of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement(AFTA) on Philippine Fruit Exports
• 발행기관: 한국무역연구원
• 저자명: Bates M Bathana Julieta A Delos Reyesb
• 간행물 정보: 『무역연구』제11권 제1호, 59~74쪽, 전체 16쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 무역학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.02.28

영문 초록

Banana, mango, and pineapple are the top fruit exports of the Philippines. These fruits,whether fresh or processed find their way to markets almost all over the world because ofthe country's comparative advantage due to price and quality competitiveness relative toother exporters. However, the country's competitiveness is threatened by the stringentsanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures implemented by some importing countries. Whilesuch fruits have been exported in the past decades, the economic impact of the country'saccession to the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), particularly on the volume of thesefruit exports, is yet to be known. Whether the country has benefitted from a commonmembership in the AFTA through increased exports to ASEAN member countries or thechanging trade patterns for these fruits due to the free trade agreement is worth lookinginto.Vital to the analysis also is the situation where the country is a member of the WorldTrade Organization (WTO) and that banana, mango, and pineapple are also produced andexported by some ASEAN member countries, thus complicating the issue of trade facilitationamong member countries. Secondary data on the volume of fresh banana, mango, and pineapple exports, includingtheir markets for the period covering 1990 to 2013 were collected and subjected todescriptive and multiple regression analyses which included a dummy variable for pre- andpost-AFTA periods. The AFTA dummy variable was found significant for banana and mango but not for pineapple. This suggests that the country's accession to AFTA has increased itsexport of fresh banana and mango to ASEAN markets, particularly to Singapore, and to Japan,China and South Korea which are countries having trade agreements with ASEAN members.

목차

Abstract

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅱ. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

Ⅲ. METHODOLOGY

Ⅳ. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Ⅴ. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

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키워드

ASEAN Free Trade Agreement Comparative Advantage Banana Mango Pineapple