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Identifying export competitiveness of Malaysia’s processed palm oil: using shift-share technique
Norashida Othman1, Zulkornain Yusop2, Mohd Mansor Ismail3.
Palm oil is a very important commodity in Malaysia and it is the fourth largest
contributor to the national economy with a total export at RM 67.6 billion or 6.1% from the
total export earnings in 2016. However, current total of Processed Palm Oil (PPO) exports
shows declining trend in some of the Malaysia’s traditional market (e.g. China, India, and
United States). Therefore, this paper aims to analyses the export competitiveness of Malaysia’s
PPO in 10 major importing countries. The data used in this study is annual time series data
spanning from the years of 2001 through 2016 for PPO products which is classified as 151190
in the Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (HS Codes). The Shift-Share approach is used to
identify the potential export growth in selected major importing countries for Processed Palm
Oil from Malaysia to calculate the net shift. The finding shows that Vietnam has the highest
percentage of positive net shift followed by Philippines, Iran and United States. Information
generated from this study will be useful in understanding the Malaysian palm oil industry’s
position for PPO in the global market. This study provides significant factors that influence
Malaysian export competitiveness of PPO and responses from different countries and the palm
oil industry players can make use the information for their business decision making
Affiliation:
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
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