PENGARUH PERFORMA LOGISTIK NEGARA TERHADAP PENINGKATAN DAYA SAING EKSPOR SEKTOR MANUFAKTUR (SITC 8) DI ASEAN

Abstract

Trade facilities have been considered to be an important aspect of international trade, especially when trade agreements between countries have developed rapidly in the world. The Logistic Performance Index, published by the World Bank Institute in 2007 which measures the efficiency customs and boundary management permits,the quality of trade and infrastructure of transport arrangements, competitive shipping prices, competency and quality of logistics services, the ability to track shipments, and on time delivery based on a predetermined time . This study will examine the effect of trade facilities on international trade competitiveness as measured through Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA). ASEAN is the subject of this study because ASEAN is the integration have a third most populated country in the world, with 650 million people to be exacted and have a strong economic power, with 9,106,637million USD . The object of this research is the manufacturing sector SITC Rev 3. digit 8 as a sub sector manufacturing which covers the majority of manufactures whose manufacturing products are labor intensive, which has a stable trade nature. The main variables of this study are LPI and the control variables of this study are Terms of Trade (TOT), FDI inflows, GDP, ICT imports, and the Human Development Index. This research using a Pooled Least Squared as the main method.The results of this study, the LPI variable has a positive inpact on the export competitiveness of the 8 digit manufacturing sector. Keywords: ASEAN, RCA, SITC 8, International Trade, Logistic Performance Index