Impact of FTA on Trade in ASEAN and Australia Using Customs Level Data

• 발행기관: 세종대학교 경제통합연구소
• 저자명: Shandre M. Thangavelu Dionisius Narjoko Shujiro Urata
• 간행물 정보: 『Journal of Economic Integration』제36권 제3호, 437~461쪽, 전체 25쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경제학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2021.09.30

영문 초록

This study examines the impact of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Australia- New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) on Australian trade with a particular focus on imports from ASEAN member countries to Australia. We examine the AANZFTA’s utilization by ten ASEAN countries at the six-digit trade classification level from 2012 to 2016 using Australian customs data. We implement Ando and Urata’s (2018) and Hayakawa et al.’s (2014) framework of free trade agreement (FTA) utilization based on preferential tariff margins. We also account for overlapping FTAs that are likely to impact the AANZFTA’s utilization. The results indicate that preferential tariff margins positively impact FTA utilization. However, the results also indicate that the AANZFTA’s utilization rate across ASEAN countries is low relative to Australia’s bilateral FTAs with Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. We also find evidence that co-sharing rules of origin positively impact FTA utilization.

목차

I. Introduction

II. Trade and Integration between ASEAN and Australia: The AANZFTA

III. Analysis of Trade among AANZFTA Members

IV. FTA Utilization and the Impact on Australian Imports: The AANZFTA

V. Policy Conclusion

키워드

preferential tariffs trade liberalization preference erosion