Malaysian sugar industry: is there a competitive advantage?

The paper outlined a look into the trend of competitive advantage of sugar industry, as well as the growth in trade especially from the context of Balance of Trade (BOT) perspective. The competitive advantage of Malaysia’s sugar sector is examined from the aspect of Relative Export Advantage (RXA),...

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Main Authors: Jabir, Nur Alina, Ismail, Mohd Mansor
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51356/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51356/1/7-16.pdf
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description The paper outlined a look into the trend of competitive advantage of sugar industry, as well as the growth in trade especially from the context of Balance of Trade (BOT) perspective. The competitive advantage of Malaysia’s sugar sector is examined from the aspect of Relative Export Advantage (RXA), Relative Import Advantage (RMA), and Relative Trade Advantage (RTA), and the results were then compared to that of selected ASEAN countries for competitive positioning. The trade data used for the analysis is the annual exports and imports data retrieved from the Global Trade Information System. The results indicate that Malaysia is not competitive in raw sugar but possesses competitive potential in processed sugar. However, the competitiveness level is declining.
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spelling upm-513562017-04-03T07:53:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51356/ Malaysian sugar industry: is there a competitive advantage? Jabir, Nur Alina Ismail, Mohd Mansor The paper outlined a look into the trend of competitive advantage of sugar industry, as well as the growth in trade especially from the context of Balance of Trade (BOT) perspective. The competitive advantage of Malaysia’s sugar sector is examined from the aspect of Relative Export Advantage (RXA), Relative Import Advantage (RMA), and Relative Trade Advantage (RTA), and the results were then compared to that of selected ASEAN countries for competitive positioning. The trade data used for the analysis is the annual exports and imports data retrieved from the Global Trade Information System. The results indicate that Malaysia is not competitive in raw sugar but possesses competitive potential in processed sugar. However, the competitiveness level is declining. School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51356/1/7-16.pdf Jabir, Nur Alina and Ismail, Mohd Mansor (2012) Malaysian sugar industry: is there a competitive advantage? In: USM-AUT International Conference (UAIC) 2012, 17-18 Nov. 2012, Bayview Beach Resort, Penang, Malaysia. (pp. 141-155).
spellingShingle Jabir, Nur Alina
Ismail, Mohd Mansor
Malaysian sugar industry: is there a competitive advantage?
title Malaysian sugar industry: is there a competitive advantage?
title_full Malaysian sugar industry: is there a competitive advantage?
title_fullStr Malaysian sugar industry: is there a competitive advantage?
title_full_unstemmed Malaysian sugar industry: is there a competitive advantage?
title_short Malaysian sugar industry: is there a competitive advantage?
title_sort malaysian sugar industry: is there a competitive advantage?
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51356/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51356/1/7-16.pdf