DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2018.v05i07.005

Pages: 590-596

Edamame soybean is one of exporting vegetables from Jember, East Java of Indonesia. This condition makes Indonesia has to compete with exporting countries such as Taiwan, China, Thailand and Vietnam. China and Taiwan lead the export to the Japan market. These study goals are to know the export performance of Indonesian Edamame to Japan market. To reach that goals are needed to analyze the specialization, competitiveness and determinants of edamame export. The dataset using export value of edamame to Japan Market is from 1995 – 2015. The results of this study are from the RCA analysis; Indonesia has a negative comparative advantages compare with Taiwan and Thailand, the other countries China and Vietnam get comarative disadvantages. Market share index of Indonesia has been less competitive compared to China, Taiwan and Thailand. Indonesia’s value market has experienced a steady increase. Linear regression has shown indicates a negative and statistically significant relationship between the price ratio of Indonesia and its quantity market share. This study has shown that in the Japanese market, Indonesia has improved its performance in terms of specialization, but it has failed to measure up in terms of competitiveness relative to the performance of especially Taiwan and Thailand.