Modelling Economic Effects of Reducing Non-Tariff Measures in the Food Processing Sector of Malaysia Using Computable General Equilibrium

• Main Authors: Yew, Vickie Siew Hoon, Al-Amin, Abul Quasem, Devadason, Evelyn Shyamala
• Format: Article
• Published: Malaysian Economic Association 2020
• Subjects: HC Economic History and Conditions
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25758/; https://doi.org/10.22452/MJES.VOL57NO2.1
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The import intensive food processing sector in Malaysia is highly regulated with non-tariff measures (NTMs) from the import side. However, the ad-valorem equivalents (AVEs) of those NTMs vary substantially across the subsectors of food processing. To assess the trade costs or plausible protection ef...