Research On International Competitiveness Of Thailand 's Natural Rubber Export

Natural rubber is an important agricultural product goes into the economic and trade development of Thailand. Natural rubber has various factors such as climate and soil, and natural rubber has a unique feature;it has more stringent requirements on the geographical environment, land, climate, humidity, and other natural factors. Because of the different regions of the world, many countries are incapable of producingnatural rubber, and therefore can only rely on a large number of imports. The main producing and exporting countries of the world include Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, and Vietnam. Since the 1990s, Thailand has been the world’s largest natural rubber producer and exporter. There are many kinds of Thailand natural rubber exported as rubber sticks, latex, and rubber smoked sheet. Of Thailand’s natural rubber products,80% are exported to the international market. The main import countries include China,the United States, Japan, Malaysia, and South Korea. Although Thailand is the world’s largest natural rubber producer and export country, when comparedwith others countries in International market, Thailand is more disadvantageous than the others countries,especially the exporting countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. These three countries are Thailand’s most powerful competitors. Therefore, Thailand’s government and the relevant departments should pay attention to the development trends of natural rubber in Thailand in order to improve the cultivation of Thailand’s natural rubber and rubber products and maintain Thailand’s stand in the world’s first natural rubber market.This thesis is divided into 5 chapters to study the competitiveness of Thailand’s natural rubber in the international market:correlation theory, natural rubber in Thailand, comparative analysis between Thailand’s natural rubber and the world’s major exporters,the comparison problem, and countermeasures to enhances the natural rubber from Thailand to enhance competitiveness in the international market.This research was done according to the related data obtained using competitive (TC) index and revealed comparative advantage (RCA) index formula calculation, the calculation results and detailed analysis of the natural rubber exports of Thailand with Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam in the international market competitiveness and the existing problems. Finally, this paper puts forward suggestions of how to promote Thailand’s natural rubber industry in the world market.