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A Study on the Effect of Chinese Marine Pollution on Chinese Fisheries Export

중국 해양오염의 증대가 중국 수산물 수출에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • Lin, Xuemei (Division of International Commerce, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Ki-Soo (Division of International Commerce, Pukyong National University)
  • 임설매 (부경대학교 국제통상학부) ;
  • 김기수 (부경대학교 국제통상학부)
  • Received : 2014.12.16
  • Accepted : 2015.04.15
  • Published : 2015.04.30

Abstract

With the increasing improvement of living standard, people pay more attention to the quality and security of their food. There is an increase in the consumption of aquatic products and a vast prospect of its trade. Fisheries as a major one of the traditional industries in China have significant price advantages and natural resources. However, marine pollution in China is more and more serious and the expecting of aquatic products has been seriously influenced by green barriers in the recent years. This paper tries to examine the effect of Chinese marine pollution on export of aquatic products in China. This paper utilizes cointegration test to estimate long-run equilibrium between marine pollution and fisheries products export. The results indicate that real exchange rate and income variable have positive effects and fish price has negative effect on China's fisheries export to Korea. However, marine pollution variable has no statistically significant effect on dependant variable. And according to the result of China's fisheries export to Japan, exchange rate has positive effect and both fish price and marine pollution variable have negative effects on export. Lastly, marine pollution and income level have effects on dependant variable in the case of Hong Kong, but exchange rate and price variable have no significant effect on aquatic products export from China to Hong Kong. In a word, marine pollution of China is a serious problem and it has negative effect on Chinese export of aquatic products.

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