Abstract—The paper aims to elucidate the evolution of
competitiveness and quantifies the contribution of the
geographical and commodity composition on Indonesian
manufacturing exports classified by factor intensity for period
of 1987 to 2008. Using constant market share (CMS) analysis
and Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) indicators, we
reveal that while mostly enjoying benefits from world export
growth, Indonesia exports performance were deteriorated by
the negative contribution of commodity composition and
market distribution, and the role of competitiveness in
manufacturing export performance, which was improved
significantly right after trade liberalization policy unleashed in
1986 has been diminishing in recent years. In addition, most of
Indonesian manufacturing exports were still concentrated in
natural resource- and unskilled labor-intensive manufacturing
commodities.
Index Terms—Exports performance, specialization pattern,
Indonesia, constant market share analysis, revealed
comparative advantage.
R. Rahmaddi and M. Ichihashi are with the Graduate School for
International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University,
739-0025 Japan (e-mail: rudyrahmaddi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp).
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Cite:Rudy Rahmaddi and Masaru Ichihashi, "How do Export Structure and Competitiveness Evolve Since Trade Liberalization? An Overview and Assessment of Indonesian Manufacturing Export Performance," International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance vol.3, no.4, pp. 272-280, 2012.