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Competitiveness Analysis of Forest Products for the Korea-EU FTA  

Lee, Sang-Min (Korea Rural Economic Institute)
Chang, Cheol-Su (Korea Rural Economic Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.98, no.3, 2009 , pp. 231-241 More about this Journal
Abstract
Trade specialization index, import market share, unit value index, market comparative advantage index have been applied to compare the competitiveness of forest products in Korean and European markets for the case of Korea-EU FTA. The results say that no items of non-timber products would show a surge of imports as a result of FTA. Timber products, however, such as non-coniferous plywood, continuously shaped wood (non-coniferous), densified wood, wood wool and flour, other (plywood), other (particle board, 441039)), other (fiberboard), oriented strand board (other), other (particle board, 441090), other (particle board, 441031), Prefabricated buildings of wood, fibreboard (of a density exceeding $0.5g/cm^3$ but not exceeding $0.8g/cm^3$), wooden frames (for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects) and wood marquetry and inlaid wood are expected to increase of their imports by eliminating tariffs. For Korean exports no items of non-timber products have competitiveness in European market. For Korean pyroligneous liquid, which is the only competitive timber product in EU market in terms of MCA and TSI, it is difficult to decide whether it has competitiveness, since the actual exports have taken place occasionally during a period of last five years.
Keywords
trade specialization index; import market share; unit value index; market comparative advantage; competitiveness; forest products; Korea-EU FTA;
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