DAMPAK NON TARIFF MEASURES (NTMs) TERHADAP EKSPOR UDANG INDONESIA

Using Supply Chain Analysis to Examine the Costs of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) and the Benefits of Trade Facilitation

It has become increasingly common to produce goods in a number of geographically dispersed stages linked by international trade. This tendency, known by names such as “production fragmentation”, “processing trade”, and “vertical specialization”, has important implications for the analysis of nontariff measures (NTMs) and trade facilitation. First, different types of NTMs or trade facilitation i...

Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade

that restrict trade between countries in agricultural commodities. Many of these policies are now subject to important disciplines under the 1994 GATT agreement that is administered by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The paper is organized as follows. First, tariffs, import quotas, and tariff rate quotas are discussed. Then, a series of non-tariff barriers to trade are examined, including v...

Land Dispute Resolution in the Political Reform at the time of Decentralization in Indonesia

Tulisan ini mengkaji dampak dari tahun-tahun awal reformasi politik, demokratisasi, dan otonomi daerah terhadap masalah agraria. Selama masa Orde Baru, masyarakat setempat tidak dilibatkan dalam hal kepemilikan/pengelolaan sumber daya tanah. Sengketa tanah berkembang menjadi isu politik di banyak daerah di Indonesia. Data yang disajikan dalam tulisan ini berasal dari Sumatra Selatan, salah satu...

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Trade Restrictiveness Indices in Presence of Externalities : An Application to Non-Tariff Measures

We extend the trade restrictiveness index approach to the case of market imperfections and domestic regulations addressing them. We focus on standard-like non-tariff measures (NTMs) affecting cost of production and potentially enhancing demand by increasing product quality or reducing negative externalities. We apply the framework to the database of Kee et al. (2009) and derive ad valorem equiv...