This study investigates the competitiveness of Indonesian biodiesel export among the top seven of biodiesel trader countries in the world, as well as the factors that determine export for Indonesian biodiesel. Applying Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) analysis, the results show that Indonesia has good competitiveness of biodiesel in the world. Using secondary data, the results of the gravity model indicate that distance of trade destination countries harms the Indonesian biodiesel export. Meanwhile, price, exchange rate, and GDP have a positive effect on the export. Based on the results of this study, the government of Indonesia should focus on the development of the biodiesel industry, since the increasing importance of biodiesel as alternative energy in the world. AbstrakPenelitian ini mengidentifikasi bagaimana daya saing ekspor biodiesel Indonesia diantara tujuh eksportir biodiesel di dunia, serta faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi ekspor biodiesel di Indonesia. Dengan mengaplikasikan analisis Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Indonesia memiliki daya saing yang baik diantara eksportir biodiesel di dunia. Dengan menggunakan data-data sekunder, hasil dari model gravitasi menunjukkan bahwa jarak negara tujuan memiliki dampak negatif terhadap ekspor. Sementara itu, harga, nilai tukar, dan PDB berpengaruh positif yang kuat terhadap ekspor. Berdasarkan hasil-hasil dari penelitian ini, Pemerintah Indonesia perlu fokus dalam pengembangan industri biodiesel, karena semakin pentingnya biodiesel sebagai energi alternatif di dunia.Kata Kunci: biodiesel, ekspor, daya saing JEL Code: F13, F41

This study aimed to analyze the competitiveness of Indonesian fishery products in the ASEAN and Canada markets. The method used was Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Export Product Dynamic (EPD), and X-Model product export potential. The research showed that Vietnam and Canada had a similar level of export structure to Indonesia in the ASEAN market so that Indonesia would have a high competition with both countries. Indonesian fishery products showed a high competitiveness in the export destination markets, except Philippines and Canada. The market position of Indonesian fishery products in Philippines, Thailand and Canadian markets was in the rising star and lost opportunity. These countries also showed as an optimist and potential market for Indonesian fishery products. The policy implication is that government and private sector need to prioritize the export of fishery products to Thailand, Philippines and Canada by improving the product competitiveness through quality improvement and production cost efficiency

Indonesian Crude Palm Oil (CPO) exports in 2019 amounted US$23 billion equivalent to Rp300 trillion, puts CPO as main contributor to country's foreign exchange, exceeding the oil and gas sector. Covid-19 pandemic impacts on Indonesia's CPO trade. The aim of this study is to analyze potential risks of Indonesia's CPO trade under Covid 19 pandemic. Methods used in this research are Porter's Diamond Theory and the comparative competitiveness using the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) in 2012-2020. The results show Indonesian CPO commodities have strong competitive and comparative competitiveness in the international market. Although most of world commodities experienced a trade decline, Indonesia's CPO competitiveness can still survive in the international market. Indonesia's CPO export strategy to compete in the world market under the pandemic is to develop the CPO industry, its derivatives and CPO downstream, and to increase CPO productivity.

This study aims to determine export price, real GDP, exchange rates, geographic distance, and coal reserves of export destination countries on Indonesia coal export value to 11 RCEP countries for period 2010-2019 and describe the growth of Indonesian coal export value to 11 RCEP countries for period 2010-2019. The eleven RCEP countries are China, Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, dan Cambodia. This study used quantitative data with panel data regression. The results of the simultaneous significance test indicate that globally the independent variables in the model significantly affect the dependent variable. These results are supported by the partial test that export price, real GDP, and exchange rates has a positive significant effect on value of Indonesia coal export, while geographic distance and coal reserves of export destination countries has a negative significant effect on Indonesia coal export value.