Analisis Daya Saing dan Faktor-Faktor yang Memengaruhi Permintaan Ekspor Teh Hitam Indonesia ke Negara Tujuan Ekspor

Abstract

Indonesia is one of black tea exporting countries in the world. The purposes of this research is to analyze the competitiveness and factors affecting demand for Indonesian exports of black tea in export destination countries. The analytical methods used in this study are Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Export Product Dynamics (EPD) and gravity model analysis. The export destination countries of Indonesian black tea are Russian Federation, Pakistan, Malaysia, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine and Netherlands in the periods of 2007-2013. RCA analysis shows that black tea Indonesia has a high competitiveness in the export destination countries. EPD analysis reveals that Indonesian black tea export to Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation and Ukraine is under the Rising Star, and United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom is under the Falling Star, while Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands and the United States is under the Lost Opportunity. The results of the analysis of gravity models show that real GDP export destination countries, GDP per capita of Indonesia, the real exchange rate of export destinations, the price of black tea exports and economic distance are variables significantly influencing demand for black tea export.