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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.9.146

Analysis of Factors Affecting Market Opening and Import of Agricultural Products Following the Implementation of FTAs  

Ji, Seong-Tae (Korea Rural Economic Institute)
Lee, Suh-Wan (Korea Rural Economic Institute)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.9, 2017 , pp. 146-156 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the causal relationship between the main factors influencing the import of agricultural products and the changes in agricultural imports was investigated. In addition, we compared the magnitude of the impact of each factor on the changes in agricultural imports. It was found that the import liberalization rate, which represents the FTA factors and reflects the per capita GDP, the conditions of supply and demand of agricultural products in exporting countries and the changes in exchange rates, affects the changes of the agricultural products imports. However, the factors affecting the change of the imports by agricultural product category and the magnitude of the influence by each factor were different. This shows that various factors, other than the FTA factors, are compounding the changes in the agricultural imports. In the future, the market openings due to the implementation of the FTA will be further enlarged and the economic territory of the FTA will be further expanded, due to the implementation of additional FTAs, and the changes in the imports of agricultural products will cause damage to the domestic agricultural sector.
Keywords
FTA; Import liberalization rate; Agricultural imports; Changes in consumption patterns; Non-tariff measures;
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