Judul: Analisis daya saing ekspor komoditas kakao Indonesia di bandingkan dengan Malaysia di pasar Singapura tahun 2003-2013
Abstrak: Cocoa plantation sector has the potential to contribute greatly to the development of Indonesian exports. Since the implementation of tax policy on cocoa beans 1 April 2010 led to the Indonesia's cocoa export into a significant decline. On the other hand, tax policy for the export of cocoa beans in April 2010 to make Indonesian cocoa processing industry shows growth. The objective of this study is to analyze the Indonesia's cocoa export competitiveness than malaysia's in Singapore as one of the cocoa export destinations in ASEAN. Data used in this study is secondary data in the form of time series data trade Indonesia, Malaysia and the world with Singapore in the period 2003-2013. The method used in this study is Revealed Compare Analysis (RCA) to determine Indonesia and Malaysia cocoa competitiveness. Constant Market Share (CMS) method is for decomposing the growth determinants of Indonesia and Malaysia cocoa exports to singapore. Based on the comparison of the value of cocoa RCA Indonesia and Malaysia in the Singapore market over the period 2003-2013 is seen that the value of RCA Indonesia is still higher compared to Malaysia for cocoa beans, while the value of Indonesia's RCA on processed cocoa products is lower than Malaysia. Based on the results of the CMS in Indonesia, the average growth of Indonesian cocoa exports to Singapore in the period 2003-2009 is more influenced by the effects of the commodity composition effect, while the growth rate in 2010-2013 CMS Indonesia is more influenced competitiveness effect.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), RCA, export tax, CMS, competitiveness, cocoa

Judul: Analisis dayasaing dan faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi ekspor komoditas kakao olahan Indonesia
Abstrak: This study aims to analyze the competitiveness and factors that affect the flow of Indonesian cocoa exports in five export destinations of Indonesia.. The method used for the analysis of the competitiveness of Indonesian cocoa is the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA). The results of the RCA analysis generally indicate that Indonesian cocoa butter, fat, and oil has a better relatively competitiveness compared with the cocoa paste and cocoa powder on each export destination. To analyze the factors that affect the flow of Indonesian cocoa exports used econometric analysis with the Gravity Model approach. Significant variables that affecting the flow of Indonesian cocoa paste export are importer GDP, the GDP of Indonesia, importer population, the population of Indonesia, the export price of Indonesian cocoa paste, the real exchange rate of the IDR, economic distance, and the duties of cocoa beans. While for the commodity cocoa butter, fat, oil throughout these variables have a significant effect. Meanwhile, in commodity cocoa powder there are two variables that do not significantly affect the flow of Indonesian cocoa powder exports are importer GDP and economic distance.
Keyword: Panel Data, Gravity Model, RCA, Export, Cocoa

Judul: Infeksi Virus Parainfluenza Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Virus parainfluenza anjing termasuk famili Paramyxoviridae, berbentuk pleomorf dengan ukuran bervariasi (bergaris tengah antara 100-500 nm), berpembungkus peka ether, berisi genom RNA dan secara serologis mempunyai kesamaan dengan virus SV-5 kera; dikenak sebagai salah satu kausa penting dari sindrom "kennel cough". Infeksinya dapat mengenai anjing semua umur yang belum pernah terinfeksi atau mendapatkan vaksinasi mengakibatkan gejala klinis ringan yang terbatas pada traktus respirasi atu infeksi yang secara klinis tidak memperlihatkan gejala nyata. Gejala klinis yang nampak setelah masa inkubasi (1-5 hari) terlewati berupa batuk yang tidak berat selama beberapa hari, berbagai tingkat tonsilitis dan pharyngitis dan kadang-kadang ditemukan kenaikan temperatur rektal antara 1-2 derajat C dari temperatur normal rat-rata. Anjing terinfeksi mengandung virus pada traktus respirasi bagian atas dan bawah serta limfonoduli sampai hari ke 9 setelah infeksi. Penyebaran virus antar anjing terjadi secara aerogen.
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