USFDA Import Refusal and Export Competitiveness of Indonesian Crab in US Market

This paper attempts to analyze USFDA import refusal report and the export competitiveness of Indonesian crab in the US market. This research employed the RCA method to measure the comparative advantage. The results indicate that Indonesia has the highest total import refusal of crab during 2002 to 2013, with 381 refusal cases, dominantly caused by chloramphenicol (171 cases). The RCA Index calc…