ANALISIS DAYA SAING JAMBU METE (Anacardium Occidentale L.) PADA ERA PERDAGANGAN BEBAS

Cashew is one of the plantation commodities which quite important as a contributor to foreign exchange. originally developed conservation plant improve critical land. The paradigm shift in end make it used source farmers' income. Increased production makes cashew leading export commodities. This because Indonesian cashews has potential and are well received international market. purpose this research determine competitiveness terms either competitive advantage or comparative focused on two comparison countries they India Vietnam. factor can be found using analysis RCA (Revealed Comparative Adventage), RCTA ISP (Trade Specialization Index), where theory describes whether knowing Indonesia's commodity tends an exporter importer country, measuring position stages development cashew. through Export Competitiveness Index (ECI), advantage. results indicates that, Indonesia with average value 2.44 20.54 declining ECI 0.96. classified country shows positive (+) number 0.88.