Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/249433 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 10
Publisher: 
Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS), Jakarta
Abstract: 
High food prices have undermined Indonesia's effort to reduce poverty and improve health and nutrition indicators. It is estimated that for every 1% increase in price, the national poverty headcount rises by 1%. A significant contributor to high food prices is the prevalence of non-tariff measures (NTM) in the international trade of food and agriculture products. Some assessments have been made and they showed how the removal of non-tariff measures on food and agricultural goods would support poverty reduction and nutritional improvement. Removing non-tariff measures on rice and meat, for example, could lead to an overall reduction in poverty rate of 2.8 percent percentage points. Two moves could be considered to gain the most significant benefits from the removal of non-tariff measures: the removal of quotas and the application of automatic import licensing. The liberalisation of food trade must also be accompanied by heightened competition among importers, system improvements to facilitate import processes, and innovative agriculture policies to boost the competitiveness of domestic producers.
Subjects: 
Non-Tariff Trade Barriers
poverty
poverty in indonesia
nutrition in indonesia
nutrition
Non-tariff Measure
Non-Automatic Licensing System
beef import
beef prices
rice prices
rice import
food prices
poverty rate
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures
Quantitative restrictions
felippa
iqbal wibisono
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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