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Exchange Rate Volatility and Bilateral Trade Flow: Evidence from China

환율 변동성과 양자 무역 흐름: 중국을 중심으로

  • 이청 (경희대학교 무역학과) ;
  • 이상휘 (경희대학교 무역학과 )
  • Received : 2023.07.25
  • Accepted : 2023.08.15
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

Our study aims to explore the impact of China's foreign trade policy measures on the real exchange rate movement. We seek to provide specific references for the formulation of exchange rate and trade-related strategies. Our results indicate that China's bilateral trade is significantly influenced by movements in the Real Effective Exchange Rate (RER). When analyzing the relationship between aggregated trade flow and exchange rate movements, this paper finds that the depreciation of the real exchange rate leads to an increase in China's export volume and a slight decrease in its import volume. Moreover, China's export volume exhibits higher sensitivity to exchange rate volatility compared to the exchange rate level. Furthermore, the empirical findings regarding disaggregated trade flow suggest that different goods are affected differently by exchange rate movements. Capital goods and consumer goods, being in different stages of processing, show no negative impact on their import and export due to exchange rate depreciation. Consequently, we recommend deepening the industry's reform by improving production efficiency and transitioning the industrial structure to a higher processing stage. This approach can effectively reduce the negative impact of exchange rate depreciation.

본 연구는 중국의 대외무역정책 조치가 중국에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고자 하며 중국의 양자 무역이 실질실효환율의 움직임에 크게 영향을 받는다는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 총무역흐름과 환율변동의 관계를 분석한 결과 실질환율의 하락이 중국의 수출량을 증가시키고 수입량을 소폭 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 중국의 수출량은 환율수준에 비해 환율변동성에 대한 민감도가 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 나아가 세분화된 무역흐름에 대한 실증결과는 상품마다 환율변동에 따라 상이한 영향을 받고 있음을 시사하고 있다. 자본재와 소비재는 서로 다른 가공 단계에 있으므로 환율 하락으로 인해 수출입에 부정적인 영향을 미치지 않은 것으로 나타났다.

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