DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2016.v03i10.008

Pages: 575-583

This study aim to describing data or information about Indonesia’s competitive power of export of commodities in subsector of farming among ASEAN countries; (2) presenting data or information about types of commodities that can become special products for export, in particular in farming sector. Object of the study was data about exports of commodities in subsector of farming in ASEAN countries and world in aggregates within the period of 2011-2014, which were classified into HS Code 6 digits product in US dollar measurement unit. Data were collected using a literature study by browsing or downloading from http://www.trademap.org/Product_SelCountry, wich is website of TRADE MAP (Trad statistics for International Business Development, using the indicators of Revealed Comparative Advanced (RCA) and Comparative Export Performance (CEP). Results of RCA analysis showed that, among 15 export commodities in the subsector of farming in Indonesia under investigation, 9 commodities have competitive power in ASEAN countries, including potatoes with the average RCA of 2.62, sweet potatoes with the average RCA of 1.80, cashew nuts with shell with the average of 5.67, coffee with the average RCA of 1.80, turmeric with the average RCA of 3.18, dried coconuts with the average RCA of 3.81, palm oil with average RCA of 4.04, cacao seeds , cacao seeds with the average RCA of 4.61, and tobacco with the average RCA of 2.22. Results of CEP analysis indicated that, out of 15 commodities under investigation, the were 8 commodities that can become special export commodities, including sweet potatoes with the average CEP of 2.96, cashew nuts with shells with the average CEP of 4.07, coffee with the average CEP of 5.13, pepper with the average CEP of 2.01, dried coconuts with the average CEP of 21.71, palm oil with the average CEP of 49.55, cacao seeds with the average CEP of 4.27, and rubber with the average CEP of 1.92.