한 · 중 · 일 수산물의 수출경쟁력에 관한 연구

An Assessment of Export Competitiveness of Marine Products in Korea, China and Japan

Japan is the world’s highest consumer of marine products and depends on imports for about half of the amount its populace consumes. In spite of encountering a recent long-term economic depression, Japan continues to prefer marine products. On the other hand, China has occupied an important position which can not that is hailed as the world’s. China has a great influence on the supply and demand of marine products in Korea and Japan which belong to the same food culture belt as it. Of course, when safety problems with marine products from China occur, disorder in trade between the countries has happened, but trade among China, Korea and Japan is increasing. This study analysed the changes in competitive power in the exports of marine products among Korea, China and Japan item by item. For an analysis of export competitive power in marine products, the Intra-Industry Trade Index (IIT) was used. The analysis period ranged from 2005 to 2015.