한국 서비스 무역의 국제경쟁력 분석

An Analysis on the International Competitiveness in Korea's Service Trade

The paper focuses on analyzing how much Korea's service industry has international competitiveness in the world market. It is of great significance to evaluate the competitiveness and to recognize its situation because the Korean government promotes FTA strategy in a positive way. Three indicators-IMS(international market share), TSI(trade specialization index), RCA(revealed comparative advantage index)-are utilized in the evaluation of Korea's service industry. The indicators show that Korea has relatively lower competitiveness in service trade on the whole unlike the goods trade. On the sectorial base, most of service sectors which are working as key inputs including business service sector, patent and information service sector, are losing the competitiveness except transportation service sector, construction service sector and finance sector which are inextricably linked to manufacturing industry. To enjoy the benefits of FTA strategy, the social infra which is able to encourage the high value-added service sector should be constructed. So education and training system should be oriented toward the enhancement of these services because they are generally embodied as human capital in the labor.