The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector

The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector

The successive rounds of multilateral trade negotiations have resulted in significant tariff reductions in many countries. Malaysia is no exception as its trade weighted average tariff rate in 2008 is relatively low at 6.3 percent. Despite the reduction in tariff barrier, the incidence of non-tari...

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Main Authors: Hanif, Azlina, Alavi, Rokiah, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi, Duasa, Jarita
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
HD72 Economic growth, development, planning
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spelling iium-241082012-05-16T00:56:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/24108/ The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector Hanif, Azlina Alavi, Rokiah Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi Duasa, Jarita HD72 Economic growth, development, planning The successive rounds of multilateral trade negotiations have resulted in significant tariff reductions in many countries. Malaysia is no exception as its trade weighted average tariff rate in 2008 is relatively low at 6.3 percent. Despite the reduction in tariff barrier, the incidence of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in the country’s manufacturing sector is still prevalent especially in certain sub-sectors even though efforts at dismantling these barriers have long been initiated. Thus, the paper seeks to identify factors that influence the level of NTBs in the manufacturing sector. Using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration, we find sectoral competitiveness level to be the only significant determinant of NTBs in the long run. In the short run, tariff and sectoral competitiveness both influence the level of NTBs. The findings provide a greater understanding of the reasons behind trade protectionism in the country’s manufacturing sector. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/24108/1/The_Determinants_of_Non-Tariff_Barriers_in_Malaysia%E2%80%99s.pdf Hanif, Azlina and Alavi, Rokiah and Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi and Duasa, Jarita (2011) The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector. In: 2011 International Conference on Economics and Business, 7-9 May 2011, Bangkok, Thailand. http://www.ipedr.com/vol9/2-D00011.pdf
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topic HD72 Economic growth, development, planning
spellingShingle HD72 Economic growth, development, planning
Hanif, Azlina
Alavi, Rokiah
Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
Duasa, Jarita
The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector
description The successive rounds of multilateral trade negotiations have resulted in significant tariff reductions in many countries. Malaysia is no exception as its trade weighted average tariff rate in 2008 is relatively low at 6.3 percent. Despite the reduction in tariff barrier, the incidence of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in the country’s manufacturing sector is still prevalent especially in certain sub-sectors even though efforts at dismantling these barriers have long been initiated. Thus, the paper seeks to identify factors that influence the level of NTBs in the manufacturing sector. Using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration, we find sectoral competitiveness level to be the only significant determinant of NTBs in the long run. In the short run, tariff and sectoral competitiveness both influence the level of NTBs. The findings provide a greater understanding of the reasons behind trade protectionism in the country’s manufacturing sector.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Hanif, Azlina
Alavi, Rokiah
Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
Duasa, Jarita
author_facet Hanif, Azlina
Alavi, Rokiah
Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
Duasa, Jarita
author_sort Hanif, Azlina
title The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector
title_short The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector
title_full The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector
title_fullStr The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector
title_full_unstemmed The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector
title_sort determinants of non-tariff barriers in malaysia’s manufacturing sector
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/24108/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/24108/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/24108/1/The_Determinants_of_Non-Tariff_Barriers_in_Malaysia%E2%80%99s.pdf
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