The leather and leather goods industry in the Philippines: a domestic resource cost study
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bautista, Romeo M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Malaluan, Martin T. Jr. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-16T03:40:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-16T03:40:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1979-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The leather and leather goods industry in the Philippines is considered one of the dollar earners for the economy and a major one in the future. This is in addition to its significant contribution in generating employment and value-added in the economy. Evaluating the industry based on the domestic resource cost criterion across the years, it was found out that only the tanning process had relatively efficient production in 1969. For the year 1974, the leather goods sub-industries emerged comparatively advantageous. The change in the competitive position of the three sub-industries across the years was due mainly to increases in costs and changes in implicit tariffs. the firm level data gathered for 1977, the footwear and other leather products sub-industries had DRC estimates lower than the estimated shadow exchange rates which is consistent with the 1974 results. DRC variation across firms was found to be caused by the age of the plant, capacity utilization rate and factor intensities of the firm. However, the most important factor is the differences in factor intensities. The study revealed that the more capital intensive (or the less labor intensive) is the firm, the greater is the absolute value of DRC. Almost all of the respondents agree that their business operations would be affected adversely if government incentives offered to them are withdrawn. The respondents also agree that in order for the government to help them succeed in their ventures and later on decide to export, credit should be eased, technical assistance should be given, hoarding of raw materials and components should be stopped, and price control on raw materials should be instituted. Export information should also be disseminated. The results showed that the present policy environment should be reassessed in the light of firm's operations. Further restructuring the protection offered to the sub-industries, in particular, lowering the tariff duty on leather imports would enable the economy to save or earn more foreign exchange. This would also encourage the production of better quality exports of leather manufactures. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://selib.upd.edu.ph/etdir/handle/123456789/280 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | The leather and leather goods industry in the Philippines: a domestic resource cost study | |
| dc.type | Thesis |