Article Type: Research Article Article Citation: Pazli Mahyuddin, and Rahmat Kurniawan.
(2020). INTERNATIONAL TRIPARTITE RUBBER COUNCIL: OBSTACLES OF THE AGREED EXPORT
TONNAGE SCHEME POLICY, IMPLICATIONS ON THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES. International
Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 8(8), 336-345. https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v8.i8.2020.1193 Received Date: 16 August 2020 Accepted Date: 31 August 2020 Keywords: Rubber Council Export Price Economy Atmosphere The export price of natural rubber, which fell sharply at the end of 2015, has prompted the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) to make an Agreed Export Tonnage Scheme (AETS) policy, which is to limit the volume of natural rubber exports from its members. Global rubber prices were bad at the end of 2015, causing the ITRC to implement AETS on a high quota scale in 2016. Did AETS in 2016 increase the price of natural rubber? if not why?. what are the implications for the exporting country? This study uses a descriptive method, which systematically describes a cause and effect event which is the topic of study. It was found that AETS was unable to raise the price of global rubber exports, failing to create price stability. The implication is that the ITRC has agreed to reduce natural rubber exports with all the consequences. For this reason, even the best trade policy scheme design can fail, if the global economic and political atmosphere and the presence of new competitors are missed.
1. INTRODUCTIONThis research discusses the policy of the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC), namely the Agreed Export Tonnage Scheme (AETS), which is a limitation of the volume of natural rubber exports to the global market by countries that are members of the ITRC. In international trade, countries that have the same comparative advantage have become the custom to form organizations to strengthen themselves in achieving their goals. Likewise, the three countries as the largest natural rubber producers in the world did; Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia agreed to form the ITRC. Like Clive, Archer where the international organization is a formal and ongoing structure formed by an agreement between members of both government and non-government from two or more sovereign countries with the aim of pursuing the common interests of its members (Clive, Archer. 2001). Cooperation such
as countries that are members of the ITRC, if it is associated with pluralist
views, will not be limited to benefits such as Our-put and Out come, but has
broader agendas such as socio-economic and welfare (Paul R Viotti and Mark V. 1998).
Because after all pluralism states that both state actors and non-state actors
who are included in political actors will depend on a forum and will compromise
each other, and form a collaboration to achieve common goals. For Indonesia, the plantation sector is one of the non-oil and gas sectors that has been able to provide the largest foreign exchange contribution in Indonesia. As Payaman (1983) states that plantations are a commodity other than oil and natural gas which has good potential and prospects in the world market, indeed for a long time the Indonesian plantation sector has been dominated by rubber and oil palm plantations. Likewise, Gideon stated that rubber is one of the plantation commodities that plays an important role as a source of foreign exchange because it is one of the non-oil and gas export commodities that makes a significant contribution (Gideon, 2017). The percentage of
the population that depends on agricultural commodities is quite large,
therefore natural rubber plantations in rubber producing countries are the way
of life for farmers. About 85% of rubber plantations in Indonesia are
smallholder plantations, the rest are state-owned and private-owned plantations
(BPS, 2017), therefore the rubber commodity is one of Indonesia's leading
commodities. In research that
has been conducted by Happy Dewi Purnomowati, at. al where apart from being a
source of income and community welfare as well as driving the economic growth
of new centers around rubber plantations, natural rubber also contributes
significantly as a source of foreign exchange for the country, considering that
84% of Indonesia's natural rubber production is exported in the form of raw
rubber (Happy Dewi Purnomowati, at .al, 2015) In 2013, this sector contributed
4.61% of Indonesia's total non-oil and gas exports which reached USD 149.9
billion. Indonesia is ranked 2nd as a major global supplier of natural rubber,
Indonesia's natural rubber exports grew by an average of 3.69% annually from
2008 to 2013. In 2016, the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia
noted that Indonesian Rubber plantations were able to fulfill up to 6.24% of
total foreign exchange income from the non-oil and gas sector. It can be said
that the rubber plantation sub-sector has an important role in the source of
Indonesia's development funds. This 6.24% contribution is supported by the
productivity and area of rubber plantations which are recorded at
3,556 million ha, including the largest rubber plantation area in the world
(BPS, 2015). The world trade
in natural rubber, which is marked by exports, has experienced a significant
development since the automotive world experienced rapid development. So that with the
increasing production of these natural rubber producing countries, most of it
is exported to several continents that require natural rubber, namely Asia,
Africa, Australia, America and Europe. Most of Indonesia's natural rubber
production is exported abroad and the rest is marketed domestically. In 2017,
the top five importing countries for Indonesian natural rubber were the United
States, Japan, China, India, and Korea (BPS, 2017) Based on data from the World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS), 2015. Trade Statistics. UN-Comtrade, Geneve. From 2007 to 2015 Thailand was the main exporter with a 40% share of the export market, while Indonesia was the second exporter of around 25%. Apart from Thailand and Indonesia, another country which is the main exporter of rubber products is Malaysia with a share of around 10%. and Vietnam with a share of around 7% during 2007 to 2015 (World Integrated Trade Solution, 2015). Based on these
data, it can be seen that rubber exports are very much dominated by ASEAN
countries with a share of around 85% during 2007 to 2015. Specifically, for
data on Indonesia's natural rubber trade, in 2013 the export volume of
Indonesian natural rubber reached 2.70 million tons, the value reached US $ 6,906,
95 million. In 2014, exports decreased by 2.9%, namely to 2.62 million tons,
where the value has reached US $ 4,741.49 million, and then the 2015 data shows
the volume of natural rubber exports has increased by 0.26% to 2, 63 million
tonnes where the value is US $ 3 699 million (BPS, 2015) When viewed from
the average production of natural rubber in Indonesia per year, compared to
other natural rubber producing countries, it is still far behind or very low,
because in 2013 Indonesia's natural rubber productivity was 1104 kg / ha, still
inferior to China at 1160 kg / ha and The highest was India's average
plantation productivity, which was 1800 kg / ha, then followed sequentially
Thailand's productivity was 1790 kg / ha, Vietnam's productivity was 1720 kg /
ha, Sri Lanka was 1550 kg / ha and Malaysia was 1500 kg / ha (Kementerian
Perdagangan Republik Indonesia,
2014) The selling price of natural rubber has fallen drastically since December 2010. ITRC member countries have restricted rubber exports to the global market. This restriction has succeeded in increasing the combined price of natural rubber from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand from USD 2.54 per to USD 2.9 per kg in early December 2012. The next natural
rubber export restriction was carried out again during October 2012 and March
2013. Unlike the previous impact, the implementation of the rubber quota
limitation which was implemented in October 2012 March 2013 had an impact
positive and increased the price of natural rubber by USD 7.5 cent per pound or
an increase of 5%. The impact is that the price of natural rubber has reached a
price of USD 149.85 cent per pound (Amri, A.B., 2012). After that it fell again
by USD 134 cents per pound in February 2013 and continued to decline until it
reached USD 59.51 cents per pound in September 2015. According to Amri
AB, (2012) the implementation of rubber export quotas during October 2012-March
2013 has increased the price of natural rubber by an average of US $ 46 cent
per pound compared to the average price during October 2000-September 2015.
Furthermore, after implementing the production quota, The average price of
natural rubber in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand fell by US $ 3.3 cents per
pound every month. The state-owned
plantation company, PT Perkebunan Nusantara IX, which is a state-owned company,
also recorded a decline in the price of natural rubber until 2015, where the
price of rubber fell to 1.99 percent for orders in 2015 (PT. Perkebunan
Nusantara IX. 2015). Phenomena and facts have shown that natural rubber in the ITRC countries continues to experience price declines in global trade. The reduction in prices has had profound implications for farmers in the production chain and reduced income for ITRC countries. Furthermore, countries that are members of the ITRC have taken steps to control prices by limiting the number of exports to the global market through the Agreed Export Tonnage Scheme, which is to limit the export quota of natural rubber from ITRC member countries to the global market in 2016. Although the
Agreed Export Tonnage Scheme has been implemented by ITRC member countries to
increase the price of natural rubber commodities that are mired in the global
market, this scheme has not been able to increase and maintain the stability of
rubber prices permanently for quite a long time. There are always obstacles
that challenge them in different ways in each AETS implementation. Studies on the
determinants of natural rubber exports have been carried out by several
previous researchers using various approaches and results including: It has
been researched by Siburian (2012) with the title of analysis of the factors
affecting the export of Indonesian natural rubber to Singapore in 1980-2010.
The analytical method used is the error correction model (ECM). The results
have shown that in a short period of time Singapore's Gross Domestic Produc has
a positive relationship with Indonesia's natural rubber exports to Singapore.
In the long run GDP has a negative relationship. The price of
Indonesian natural rubber has a negative relationship to the export of
Indonesian natural rubber to Singapore in both the short and long term.
Meanwhile, Indonesian natural rubber production has a positive relationship
with Indonesian natural rubber exports to Singapore both for a short time and
for a long time. It has been researched by Setyawati who analyzed the export demand for Indonesian natural rubber to the United States using secondary data for the years 1990-2011. Demand for Indonesian natural rubber exports to the United States fluctuates annually but the trend is increasing. Using the multiple regression method shows that the variables that have an influence on Indonesian natural rubber to the United States are the quantity of trade, the price of natural rubber, the price of natural rubber in the previous year, the price of synthetic rubber, and the exchange rate (Setyawati, et. Al. 2014). Likewise, the
research findings of Soleh Ahmad (2016) found the relationship between domestic
rubber production and the volume of rubber exports in Indonesia was very high.
Indonesia's rubber export volume has been influenced by domestic rubber
production in the last four years. Then Ambarwati,
Rita (2019) found in her research that the response of Indonesian natural
rubber exports is more responsive to changes in national natural rubber
production compared to other variables in the short and long term. This means
that any change in natural rubber production will be responded to by increasing
and decreasing the amount of natural rubber exported. Research
conducted by Putri,Rizqi A and Pazli on the Implications of the United States
Economic Crisis on Indonesian Rubber Exports, has found that the United States
economic crisis has had a negative impact on Indonesian rubber exports,
decreased export value, decreased prices and reduced rubber production in the
world. Besides that, natural rubber exports carried out by rubber producing
countries are strongly influenced by the ability of the buying countries such
as the United States (Putri, Rizqi A, and Pazli Pazli, 2017). Finally, the research conducted by Rahmawati, Nanda Nur (2018) used the results of multiple linear regression analysis with the ordinary least square (OLS) method regarding the effect of rubber production, international rubber prices and exchange rates on Indonesian rubber exports, it can be concluded that simultaneously the three variables namely rubber production, international rubber prices and the rupiah exchange rate have a significant effect on Indonesian rubber exports. 3. Partially, the three production variables, the international price of rubber and the rupiah exchange rate have a positive and significant effect on Indonesian rubber exports. Previous studies
that can be seen in their research findings include Siburian (2012); Setyawati,
et. Al. (2014); Soleh, Ahmad, (2016); Ambarwati, Rita, (2019); Rizki and Pazli
(2017); Rahmawati, Nanda Nur, (2018), who have found and seen the relationship
between the variables tested and have shown the results. In summary they all
found that natural rubber exports from Indonesia to the global market were
accumulated influenced; Gross Domestic Product; trade quantity; natural rubber
prices; natural rubber prices in the previous year; synthetic rubber prices;
rubber production in the exporting country in the last four years; changes in
natural rubber production; the financial capacity of the buying country as well
as the international price of rubber and currency exchange rates. So that previous researchers have the same research findings, but among them do not include very important variables, which natural rubber exports have been seen by previous researchers as a causal relationship only or a relationship between buying and selling goods in general. It can be emphasized that the export of natural rubber from countries that are members of the ITRC or not from ITRC countries to the global market is one form of international trade. International trade is not simply seen as a relationship between the availability of money and the availability of goods. However, international trade in the form of exporting natural rubber to the global market is a stock investment. Stock investment absolutely requires fundamental analysis and technical analyst. Furthermore, exports which are part of trade will be determined or influenced by the psychological atmosphere of the market which is strongly influenced by the political-economic situation and the certainty of global security. This has been forgotten by previous studies where they did not include quantitative qualitative variables such as political and economic variables in importing countries or in global markets. According to Porter (1990) a country gains a competitive advantage if its commodities are competitive. The competitiveness of a country is determined by the ability of the industry to innovate and increase the company's ability to gain competitiveness due to pressures and challenges. Exports are part of international trade. Exports are possible due to several conditions, among others; There is a domestic surplus, so that the excess can be sold abroad through export policies; There is a foreign demand for a product even though the product is due to a shortage of domestic products; There is a greater profit from overseas sales than domestic sales, because prices on the world market are more profitable; There is bartering of certain products with other products that are designated and cannot be produced domestically; There is a political export policy (Sukirno, 2004). So that the
theory of international trade is defined as part of economics that studies and
analyzes international economic transactions and problems including trade,
finance and organizations, as well as economic cooperation between countries. The agreement
between Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia in forming the International
Tripartite Rubber Council organization is inseparable from the concepts of
international organizations put forward by their experts. As the theory of
International Organization put forward by Clive, Archers who underlie state or
non-state actors to form trade or other organizations are because there is a
common vision and interest in something (Clive, Archer, 2001). These interests
temporarily bind trading partners by taking or not taking any action to achieve
their common goals. Likewise, Paul R
Viotti and Mark V, (1998) who saw Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia in the
International Tripartite Rubber Council organization, are certain and are
believed to have a broad agenda, namely prosperity. Of course, prosperity
begins with how much wealth can be recorded as the views of those who adhere to
a liberal perspective. Adherents of a liberal perspective argue that the most effective way to increase the wealth of a country is to allow individuals in it to freely interact with individuals in other countries. They advocate free markets (Muhtar, Mas, oed, 2008). Demand theory
explains the nature of buyers' requests for something (Sukirno, 2012). Where
demand is the amount demanded for a commodity at a certain price level and time
period. Demand for a commodity is a comprehensive relationship between the
quantity of a commodity that will be purchased by consumers during a certain
period at a price level. Domestic
production is intended to meet the needs of the local people, but in conditions
of overproduction it will encourage exports. A country's exports are the excess
of domestic supply after deducting domestic demand or consumption plus the
previous year's stock. As research that
has been conducted by Siburian (2012); Setyawati, et. Al. (2014); Soleh, Ahmad,
(2016); Ambarwati, Rita, (2019); Rizki and Pazli (2017); Rahmawati, Nanda Nur,
(2018), where each of the previous researchers had found that natural rubber
exports to the global market were influenced, among others; Gross Domestic
Product; trade quantity; natural rubber prices; natural rubber prices in the
previous year; synthetic rubber prices; rubber production in the exporting
country in the last four years; changes in natural rubber production; the
financial capacity of the buying country; international rubber prices and
currency exchange rates. In contrast to the problems and research results of previous researchers, where this research article is very important and exclusive compared to the problems and findings of previous studies, because this research article departs from research questions; why the Agreed Export Tonnage Scheme policy implemented by countries under the auspices of the International Tripartite Rubber Council, to increase the price of natural rubber they export to the global market, encountered obstacles that are beyond their calculations. Where the ITRC failed to increase and stabilize the global natural rubber price, even though the highest export quota restrictions had been implemented. For this reason,
the author is interested in submitting an article entitled: International
Tripartite Rubber Council: Barriers to the Agreed Export Tonnage Scheme,
Implications for Exporting Countries. The important questions that want to find
answers in this research are; Was the implementation of AETS in 2016 by ITRC
(Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia) successful in increasing and stabilizing the
price of natural rubber? if not, why and what are the factors that caused the
failure to create price increases and stability in the scheme implemented in
2016? Furthermore, what are the implications for the exporting country?. 2.
MATERIALS
AND METHODS
The author uses
qualitative research methods, descriptive-analytical. Bogdan and Taylor in
(Moleong, 2007) define qualitative research as a research procedure that
produces descriptive data in the form of words both written and spoken and
observable actors. Descriptive-analytical is an attempt to describe the results
of the data obtained in the field, both orally and in writing to be analyzed as
a research conclusion (Kartono, 1996). The data
collected in qualitative research is more in the form of words, pictures or
objects, and not numbers. The groups or objects studied in qualitative research
are usually small and not randomly assigned. Qualitative research is aimed at
producing non-numeric data, namely data that is verbal in nature (Bakry, 2015).
The data collection methods used in qualitative research vary. Information or
data that has been collected through data collection methods is then analyzed
interpretively, subjectively, impressionistically, or even diagnostically
(Bakry, 2015). 3.
RESULTS
3.1.
AGREED
EXPORT TONNAGE SCHEME 2016 FAILED TO RAISE THE PERMANENT PRICE
The author found
that the 2016 AETS implemented by ITRC countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and
Indonesia did not succeed in lifting down prices and stabilizing rubber prices.
The planned export quota was not able to permanently increase the price of
rubber. There are several factors that cause failure to create price increases
and stability in the scheme implemented in 2016, including: 3.1.1. EXCESS SUPPLY The excess supply
is due to a number of new countries exporting natural rubber. Besides Vietanam,
which has been exporting for a long time but is outside of ITRC members, it is
added to the new natural rubber producing countries such as Myanmar, Laos and
Cambodia. For countries
that were originally natural rubber exporters, such as Thailand, Indonesia,
Vietnam, India, China and Malaysia, with a market share of 85.1 percent,
especially with the entry of new natural rubber producing countries, it has
resulted in excess supply in the global market. The AETS policy was unable to
lift the downturn, stabilize rubber prices through export quota control. 3.1.2. THE TRADE WAR (US VS PRC) HAD AN IMPACT ON
THE WEAKENING OF THE YUAN CURRENCY The trade war
between the United States and China began with Donald Trump's decision to raise
import duties on steel by 25% on March 8, 2016. The policy received negative
responses from many such as the European Union and China. On March 22, 2018,
Donald Trump suspended the policy but did not apply to China. The United States
continued to implement this policy against China, which China then retaliated
by issuing policy to increase import duties on goods from the United States by
15-25%. (Acinta Bunga Putri, 2019). The trade war
between China and the United States has intensified with the issuance of
policies to increase import duties on goods from China such as cars, hard disks
and aircraft parts. The trade war resulted in a weakening of the global economy
which also affected global commodity prices due to the emergence of uncertainty
in the Chinese economy. As a result of
the trade war, China experienced a 7% decline in the value of the Yuan against
the US Dollar. Demand for global rubber is still dominated by China, Western
Europe, the United States, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The People's Republic
of China is the largest natural rubber consuming country in the world, reaching
an average consumption range of 40.5% of global consumption (Afrian Rudi,
2019). 3.1.3. GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Market consolidation as evident from the tug of war between providers of goods and money providers, especially in the foreign exchange market, greatly affects foreign exchange rates. The Foreign Exchange Market, namely the price of a commodity, is related to the exchange rate of regional currencies against the United States dollar. If the strengthening of the US dollar exchange rate drops the exchange rate of other currencies, it will affect world rubber prices. 3.1.4. NATURAL RUBBER EXPORTS FROM NON-ITRC COUNTRIES TO CHINA Natural rubber production in a year from ITRC countries is quite high. Countries that are members of the ITRC organization have become the largest natural rubber producers in the world. Their production is able to meet the world's demand for natural rubber up to 70%. In 2016, for example, Thailand was able to produce up to 4.4 million tons, Indonesia produced up to 3.15 million tons, and Malaysia produced natural rubber up to 637 thousand tons. However, Vietnam, which is not a member of the ITRC, has shifted the position of Malaysia as the third largest producer in the world, where Vietnam is able to produce natural rubber up to 1 million tons per year. With a production of 1 million tons, Vietnam is here to enliven the global rubber market competition as well as become a competitor not only to become rivals of ITRC countries but also to other countries. Vietnam has exported natural rubber to the PRC, and has convincingly disrupted the global rubber market price amidst Vietnam's unavailability to join the ITRC. Besides, Laos also exports to China via Vietnam. 3.2.
IMPLICATIONS
OF AETS FAILURE FOR EXPORTING COUNTRIES
Most of the main
export commodities based on natural resources are very vulnerable to price
fluctuations because Indonesia's export commodities are not diversified into
downstream production in the country. Usually, export performance will have an
impact on the raw material supplier sector for the export industry in the
exporting country. The three main
natural rubber producing countries, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia that are
members of the International Tripartite Rubber Council have agreed to reduce
their natural rubber exports. This effort was carried out through the continued
AETS which aims to return world natural rubber prices to normal levels after
falling in the previous year (CNBC, 2019). However, the efforts of various countries to
suppress exports have caused the domestic market price of rubber to be cheap,
especially at the farm level. This is because the production continues but the
excess goods are not exported. The length of time spent by farmers to feel the
price of their livelihood commodities is cheap, causing a decrease in
purchasing power of the community. Increase poverty and will contribute to
inflation in natural rubber producing regions. 4.
DISCUSSIONS
Although there
have been restrictions on the export volume of each natural rubber producing
country, the AETS policy is powerless in increasing the price of natural rubber
produced by the ITRC countries. The 2016 Agreed Export Tonnage Scheme can be
said to have failed to raise the Permanent price. 4.1.
EXCESS
SUPPLY
The
implementation of the AETS scheme in 2016 is the largest export volume
limitation where the ITRC has agreed to limit rubber exports to 615 thousand
tons. The AETS scheme was implemented to overcome the decline in natural rubber
prices which did not exceed the price of US $ 2 per kilogram. The AETS work
scheme was implemented from March 2016 to August 2016 amounting to 615,000 tons
due to the decline in rubber prices to below US $ 1 per kilogram (Kementerian
Perdagangan. Siaran Pers. 2016) Indonesia
received a share of 238,740 tons and the implementation of the scheme was
considered successful due to the price increase that occurred in April 2016,
but this increase was not able to be sustained, as indicated by the decline in
rubber prices in 2017. Quoted from the databoks, price decreases have occurred
throughout 2017 amounting to 33% compared to 2016 (Databoks, 2018). However, the efforts to suppress the production of the ITRC countries, on the other hand, also appear new competitors in the production of natural rubber which export so that the world natural rubber supply increases, this is what also affects the price of natural rubber from the ITRC. It is feared that the emergence of Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar will be able to shift Indonesia and other ITRC countries as natural rubber exporting countries to China. This is because Laos exports to China via Vietnam due to cheaper logistics costs. The decline in
natural rubber prices has even reached the price of 1.3 US $ per kilogram. On
22 December 2017, the ITRC agreed to limit rubber exports which took effect
from January to March 2018. In January the increase occurred by 5%, but was
unable to be sustained. Based on the benchmark rubber price of the Tokyo
Commodity Exchange, the price of rubber has decreased by 25.16% (Raditya
Hanung, 2018). 4.2.
TRADE WAR
(US VS PRC) AND THE WEAKENING OF THE YUAN CURRENCY
China is a
country capable of consuming up to 5 million tonnes of natural rubber per year.
If China reduces the level of rubber consumption, the price of natural rubber
will experience a sharp decline. The sharp decline actually affected the
natural rubber producing countries the most in 2018 which was caused by the
increasing balance of the Trade War between the PRC and the United States. As the largest
natural rubber consumer in the world, the decline in the level of Chinese
rubber consumption has led to a decline in the price of natural rubber from
ITRC member countries. The factor causing the decline in China's natural rubber
consumption was influenced by the decline in car sales in China. The China
Automobile Manufacturers Association (CAAM) said that sales fell 11.6 percent
to 2.39 million units in September 2018 (Gabungan Industri Kendaraan
Bermotor Indonesia. 2019). 4.3.
POLITICAL
ECONOMY AND MARKET CERTAINTY
The price of
rubber in the international futures market, namely the price of rubber formed
in Singapore (SICOM), is the reference for transactions by natural rubber
business players. Apart from the SICOM stock exchange, the Tokyo Stock Exchange
(TOCOM), and the Shanghai Future Exchange also play a role in the formation of
world natural rubber prices. This is where the market physiology factor due to
the trade war between the US and the PRC has also contributed negatively to the
ITRC's efforts to make or break AETS. 4.4.
NATURAL
RUBBER EXPORTS FROM NON-ITRC COUNTRIES TO CHINA
Vietnam's
presence in the global rubber market is quite troublesome for other producing
countries, because Vietnam does not join the ITRC, Vietnam is the largest
natural rubber producer in the world with an average production of 1 million
tons, and is one of the largest rubber exporting countries to Indonesia. China. Since 2012, the
ITRC has been trying to ask Vietnam to join the ITRC, but until 2018 Vietnam
has not been willing to join. If Vietnam joins the ITRC, the ITRC will be able
to control up to 90% of the world's total natural rubber production, and be
able to control natural rubber prices and supplies in the world. During the last
10 years, Vietnam's natural rubber production has increased. This increase
shifted Malaysia as the third largest natural rubber producing country in the
world, although in 2018, there was a decrease in the export volume of Vietnam's
natural rubber by 17.9% compared to 2017 (Virac. 2019). The condition in which
Vietnam does not want to join the ITRC is one of the factors causing the
difficulty of the ITRC to control the large supply of natural rubber in the
global market through AETS. As the liberal
perspective argues that the most effective way to increase the wealth of a
country is to let individuals in it freely interact with other countries. Liberals advocate free markets (Muhtar, Mas, oed,
2008). It is not an exaggeration, such as the actions of the Vietnamese state
by exporting natural rubber to the PRC, where Vietnam did not want to join the
ITRC as a very liberal act in trade. 4.5.
IMPLICATIONS
OF AETS FAILURE FOR EXPORTING COUNTRIES
The failure of
AETS has significant implications for disrupting the export market which has
minimized foreign exchange earnings, natural rubber production is not fast in
the domestic industry, where the consumption of natural rubber in the ITRC
countries is still low. The failure of AETS to raise the price of natural
rubber also has implications for a number of new policies that must be taken
immediately by exporting countries, namely their consistency in agreeing to
reduce the export quota of natural rubber that has been set together. The
dilemma is that reducing the export quota means leaving domestic rubber unable
to be absorbed by the downstream industry in ITRC countries and the price
becomes very cheap, especially at the lowest level of farmers, as a result it
causes the purchasing power of rubber farmers to decrease, and will even
increase the population poverty rate. 5.
CONCLUSIONS
The failure of
AETS to lift down prices and stabilize rubber prices was caused by the
increasing supply of natural rubber in the global market originating from new
producing countries such as Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. The trade war
between China and the United States resulted in a weakening of the global
economy, creating uncertainty over the Chinese economy, where the value of the
Yuan against the US Dollar decreased by 7%. The Global
Political Economy situation has resulted in a long period of consolidation of
shares in the foreign exchange market, so that regional currency exchange rates
are increasingly depressed against the United States dollar, this condition
makes it very difficult for investors to make investment decisions. Vietnam, which is
not a member of the ITRC, is able to produce 1 million tonnes of natural rubber
per year and has enlivened the global rubber market and has become a competitor
by exporting natural rubber to the PRC country. Vietnam is able to disrupt
market prices, especially since Laos also exports to China via Vietnam. SOURCES OF FUNDINGThis research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. CONFLICT OF INTERESTThe author have declared that no competing interests exist. ACKNOWLEDGMENTThank you for the very high
appreciation, the authors present to many parties who have volunteered to help
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