Impact of Rules of Origin on FTA Utilization in Korean FTAs

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Hansung Daniel Kim

Independent

Mee Cho

Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

Date Written: December 30, 2010

Abstract

Despite the intense interest concerning Rules of Origin (ROO) in every corner, research regarding ROO has been relatively limited. It is primarily due to the difficulties of performing systematic research on ROO. The importance of the role of ROO in FTA, however, cannot be overemphasized since the economic effect of concluding an FTA is determined by ROO, in particular with respect to the market access. This study aims to investigate the economic effect of ROO of Korean FTAs on its FTA utilization. Using restrictive index, margin of preferences and other relevant variables, we test the relation between FTA utilization and related variables. The results show that more restrictive ROO has a negative impact on the utilization rates, when we drop the products with zero utilization rates and control for industry-specific characters. It also shows that higher MOP promotes the use of the Korea-ASEAN FTA. On the other hand, we fail to show that the average value of imports per-application has a positive impact on the use of FTA.

Keywords: Rules of Origin, FTA, Korea-ASEAN FTA, restrictiveness index

JEL Classification: F15

Suggested Citation

Kim, Hansung Daniel and Cho, Mee, Impact of Rules of Origin on FTA Utilization in Korean FTAs (December 30, 2010). KIEP Research Paper No. Working Papers-10-08, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2489806 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2489806

Mee Cho

Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

[30147] Building C, Sejong National Research Compl
Seoul, 370
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

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