Impact of price shock of palm oil and rubber toward economy growth of Malaysia / Muhammad Naim Shaharudin

Palm oil currently is the most consumed edible oil the world, with Malaysia and Indonesia being top two producers in the worlds, however the changes to oil palm as the main commodity in Malaysia had decreased the contribution and total number of estate rubber in Malaysia. The price shocks may affect...

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Main Author: Shaharudin, Muhammad Naim
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24303/
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description Palm oil currently is the most consumed edible oil the world, with Malaysia and Indonesia being top two producers in the worlds, however the changes to oil palm as the main commodity in Malaysia had decreased the contribution and total number of estate rubber in Malaysia. The price shocks may affect the health of the Malaysian economy since Malaysia is a net exporter of the two commodities. Therefore, the current research aims to examine whether the prices of these commodities affect the economic growth of Malaysia both in the long run and short run. The data collected within 36 years (1980-2016) for price of oil palm, price of rubber and annual economy growth of Malaysia from Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB). The data been analyzed by E-Views through unit root and co-integration test. The result of the research reveals that both variable only has short run relationship toward economy growth and from co– integration test show price of palm oil has positive relationship and statistically significant and affected the economy growth, meanwhile from Granger Causality Test show that price of rubber affected the Malaysian’s economy growth. The conclusion can be drawn that price shock on palm oil and rubber price will affected the economy growth of Malaysia. Government of Malaysia needs to take an action in policy maker, price floor and make variety production of crop through Research and Development.
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spelling uitm-243032020-08-11T04:36:31Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24303/ Impact of price shock of palm oil and rubber toward economy growth of Malaysia / Muhammad Naim Shaharudin Shaharudin, Muhammad Naim Agricultural economics Rubber industry and trade Commodities. Commercial products. Generic products Palm oil currently is the most consumed edible oil the world, with Malaysia and Indonesia being top two producers in the worlds, however the changes to oil palm as the main commodity in Malaysia had decreased the contribution and total number of estate rubber in Malaysia. The price shocks may affect the health of the Malaysian economy since Malaysia is a net exporter of the two commodities. Therefore, the current research aims to examine whether the prices of these commodities affect the economic growth of Malaysia both in the long run and short run. The data collected within 36 years (1980-2016) for price of oil palm, price of rubber and annual economy growth of Malaysia from Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB). The data been analyzed by E-Views through unit root and co-integration test. The result of the research reveals that both variable only has short run relationship toward economy growth and from co– integration test show price of palm oil has positive relationship and statistically significant and affected the economy growth, meanwhile from Granger Causality Test show that price of rubber affected the Malaysian’s economy growth. The conclusion can be drawn that price shock on palm oil and rubber price will affected the economy growth of Malaysia. Government of Malaysia needs to take an action in policy maker, price floor and make variety production of crop through Research and Development. Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2019 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24303/1/24303.pdf Shaharudin, Muhammad Naim (2019) Impact of price shock of palm oil and rubber toward economy growth of Malaysia / Muhammad Naim Shaharudin. (2019) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/24303.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Agricultural economics
Rubber industry and trade
Commodities. Commercial products. Generic products
Shaharudin, Muhammad Naim
Impact of price shock of palm oil and rubber toward economy growth of Malaysia / Muhammad Naim Shaharudin
title Impact of price shock of palm oil and rubber toward economy growth of Malaysia / Muhammad Naim Shaharudin
title_full Impact of price shock of palm oil and rubber toward economy growth of Malaysia / Muhammad Naim Shaharudin
title_fullStr Impact of price shock of palm oil and rubber toward economy growth of Malaysia / Muhammad Naim Shaharudin
title_full_unstemmed Impact of price shock of palm oil and rubber toward economy growth of Malaysia / Muhammad Naim Shaharudin
title_short Impact of price shock of palm oil and rubber toward economy growth of Malaysia / Muhammad Naim Shaharudin
title_sort impact of price shock of palm oil and rubber toward economy growth of malaysia / muhammad naim shaharudin
topic Agricultural economics
Rubber industry and trade
Commodities. Commercial products. Generic products
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24303/