Who Uses FTAs?
It is noted that utilization of AFTA is low by international standards. In order to clarify thereasons for such low utilization, this paper investigates what kinds of Japanese affiliates inASEAN are more likely to use FTAs in their exporting, by employing unique affiliate-level data.Our findings are as follow. First, the larger the affiliate is, or the more diversified itsprocurements’ origins are, the more likely it is to utilize an FTA scheme in its exporting. Second,affiliates exporting actively to developing countries are more likely to use FTAs than thoseexporting to developed countries. Third, there are clear differences in FTA utilization dependingon affiliates’ locations and sectors. These results afford a clue to the reasons for the low FTAutilization in East Asia.
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| Date of creation: | 01 Jul 2009 |
| Publication status: | Published in IDE Discussion Paper = IDE Discussion Paper, No. 207. 2009-07-01 |
| Handle: | RePEc:jet:dpaper:dpaper207 |
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