Export Performance and Comparative Advantage of Indonesian Tropical Fruits

Abstract

Competitiveness is the critical factor to withstand in global markets. The commodity without competitiveness will defeat by other products with high competitiveness. Indonesian fruits and derivatives must have competitiveness to hold on in global markets. This research aims to measure competitiveness and analyze export performance through tropical fruits and derivatives. Normalize Revealed Comparative Advantage (NRCA), and Export Product Dynamics (EPD) are used in this research to analyze competitiveness and export performance. This research also used a time series of data to analyze tropical fruits competitiveness and export performance. The result shows that Indonesia is strongly competitive in mango, mangosteen, and guava in China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Bananas have strong competitiveness in Malaysia and Singapore, while rambutan, snakefruit and tamarind have weak competitiveness in the five destination countries compared to competing countries. Competitiveness advantages through the EPD calculation shows that the position of Indonesia's tropical fruit exports is in the Falling Star and Retreat position.