After affiliated with WTO the trade structure alteration between Taiwan and Japan: by RCA, TSC analysis

• Main Authors: Pei-Ching -Hsieh, 謝佩青
• Other Authors: Chih-Ping Chen
• Format: Others
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75313751339865601170

碩士 === 國立高雄第一科技大學 === 應用日語研究所 === 100 === This thesis uses export statistics to calculate the RCA and TSC indexes to determine international trade competitiveness between Taiwan and Japan and uses the changes in competiveness between the two countries trade to analyze trade structure and its relationship to competiveness. Previous research focuses more on the trade structure of international trade between Taiwan, Japan, and China, however few studies include a statistical analysis of trade structure between Taiwan and Japan. This thesis analyses the period from 2002 to 2011. Although there were few apparent changes in the trade structure between Taiwan and Japan, the value of trade differed significantly. Using the RCA index results from 2010, in both the precision machine and electro-machine industries, the trade patterns of the two industries were superior to other industries, with both Taiwan and Japan’s indexes exceeding international average export values. Nonetheless, in the future, a gradual decline is expected. In addition, the 2011 TSC analysis indicates that only the fishing, timber, and umbrella industries had TSC indexes of over 0.9. However, their total import and export values don’t add up to even 1% of the total trade value. In the top 25 major Taiwanese industries exporting to Japan, the only competitive industries were the fishing industry, the furniture industry, and synthetic textile industry. In addition, the import value exceeds the export value in the electrical machinery equipment industry and the mechanical appliance industry. The results indicate that the fishing industry, the timber industry, the edible vegetable industry, the leather goods industry, the wood products industry, hay and other weaving materials and woven products, wool, plant fibers used for weaving, footwear, headgear and components, umbrellas, and household furniture industries were competitive during the period analyzed. However, the findings indicate that the Taiwanese industries determined to be superior based on the RCA index are not the same as the Taiwanese industries whose TSC index values were determined to be competitive. The findings of this thesis indicate that after even after Taiwan entered the WTO, there has been no trend showing an increase in competitiveness. Taiwan continues to export large amounts of goods to Japan which belong to industries which are not competitive industries in Japan, confirming the still existing complementary relationship and international division between Taiwan and Japan.