Effects of Trade Liberalization on Agriculture in Malaysia: Institutional and Structural Aspects
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WORKING PAPER 34 Effects of Trade Liberalization on Agriculture in Malaysia: Institutional and Structural Aspects Tengku Mohd Ariff Tengku Ahmad CGPRT Centre Regional Co-ordination Centre for Research and Development of Coarse Grains, Pulses, Roots and Tuber Crops in the Humid Tropics of Asia and the Pacific CGPRT Centre Jalan Merdeka 145, Bogor 16111 Indonesia © 1998 by the CGPRT Centre All rights reserved. Published 1998 Printed in Indonesia National Library: Cataloguing in Publication Tengku Mohd Ariff Tengku Ahmad Effects of Trade Liberalization on Agriculture in Malaysia: Institutional and Structural Aspects /Tengku Mohd Ariff Tengku Ahmad -- Bogor: CGPRT Centre, 1998. xxvi, 112 pp.; 25.5 cm. -- (Working paper series; No. 34) Bibliography: 3 pp. ISBN 979-8059-87-5 1. Malaysia – Trade Politics I. Title II. Series 380.130.959.5 Table of Contents Page List of Tables............................................................................................................................ ix List of Figures ......................................................................................................................... xiii Glossary of Acronyms.............................................................................................................. xv Foreword .................................................................................................................................. xvii Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................. xix Executive Summary ................................................................................................................ xxi 1. Introduction 1.1 Why protection? ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 The move towards liberalization ............................................................................. 3 1.3 Objective of study ................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Organization of the study ........................................................................................ 4 2. The Malaysian Economy 2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 5 2.2 Malaysia in general ................................................................................................... 5 2.3 The economy ............................................................................................................ 5 2.3.1 Structural composition of the economy ........................................................... 6 2.4 The Malaysia agricultural sector ............................................................................... 9 2.4.1 The structural composition of Malaysian agriculture ...................................... 10 2.4.2 The palm oil subsector ..................................................................................... 12 2.4.3 The paddy subsector ........................................................................................ 14 2.4.4 The tobacco subsector ...................................................................................... 16 2.4.5 Tapioca, sweet potato and maize subsectors .................................................... 18 3. Malaysia’s Trade Policies 3.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 23 3.2 Evolution of Malaysian trade policy ......................................................................... 23 3.3 Phases in Malaysia’s economic policy planning ...................................................... 24 3.3.1 The first phase: growth and diversification policy, 1956-1970 ....................... 24 3.3.2 The second phase: national integration with growth and the new economic policy era, 1970-1990 ..................................................................................... 24 3.3.3 The third phase: united society, balanced development and the national development policy, 1991-2000 ....................................................................... 25 3.4 Policy evolution in the agricultural sector ................................................................ 26 3.4.1 The National Agricultural Policy (NAP) ......................................................... 26 3.4.2 The National Agricultural Policy, 1992-2010 (NNAP) ................................... 26 3.5 Incentives in agriculture ........................................................................................... 27 3.6 Public development expenditure in the agricultural sector ....................................... 28 3.7 Review of Malaysia’s trade policy ........................................................................... 29 3.7.1 Trade policy formulation process .................................................................... 29 3.7.2 The trade regime .............................................................................................. 29 v 3.8 Other policy measures in palm oil, rice, tobacco and upland crop subsectors ......... 37 3.8.1 Policy measures in the palm oil industry ......................................................... 38 3.8.2 Policy measures in the rice industry.................................................................. 39 3.8.3 Policy measures in the tobacco industry .......................................................... 41 3.8.4 Policy measures in the upland crop subsector .................................................. 42 3.9 Financial policy ........................................................................................................ 42 3.9.1 Agricultural credit policy ................................................................................. 43 3.10 Infrastructural developments affecting international trade ..................................... 44 3.10.1 Expenditure for infrastructural development ................................................. 44 3.10.2 Roads ............................................................................................................. 45 3.10.3 Seaport ........................................................................................................... 45 3.10.4 Airways .......................................................................................................... 47 4. Performance in International Trade 4.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 51 4.2 Macro trends in trade ................................................................................................ 51 4.2.1 Macro trends in agriculture and non-agriculture .............................................. 53 4.3 Direction of trade .....................................................................................................