Indonesian Agricultural Exports: Trends and Competitiveness Analysis of Last 2 Decades

Abstract

The study aims to evaluate the patterns and competitiveness of Indonesian agricultural exports. The research period covered for this report is from 2000 to 2018. The study is focused on the compound growth rate and the revealed comparative advantage. In terms of quantity, the compound growth rate for agricultural commodities exports from Indonesia is 8.78 percent, and in terms of volume, it is 12.33 percent. According to the report, there is a need to expand the export market by meeting the requirements set by import countries. Seven agricultural commodities groups showed revealed comparative advantage throughout the study period, five showed revealed comparative advantage by the end of the study period, and seventeen showed revealed comparative disadvantage throughout the study period. The study proposed a need to promote the export of agricultural commodities having revealed comparative advantage during the entire or at the end of the period of study.