Analysis of Corn Commodity Competitiveness in Gorontalo Province

Abstract

This study aims to determine and analyze the competitiveness and superiority of corn commodities in Gorontalo Province. The data used in this study is secondary data from Gorontalo Province for five years, namely from 2016-2020, sourced from the Central Statistics Agency of Gorontalo Province. The data analysis used in this research is RCA (Revealed Comparative Advantage) analysis. The results show that the RCA (Revealed Comparative Advantage) analysis for Gorontalo Province for the last 5 years starting from 2016-2020 that the commodity "Maize" has a very significant role. This can be seen from the amount of Corn's contribution in 2018 and 2020 more than looking at the total export of commodities in that year. This means that "corn" is the most dominant in Gorontalo Province and needs to be analyzed further regarding its export competitiveness nationally. From the RCA calculation, it can be shown that corn production in 2018 (RCA> 1) is 1.78%. This means that these exports have competitiveness above the national average competitiveness. The highest competitiveness is in 2020 6.64%.