STRATEGY AND POLICY IN ILLEGAL TRADE IN BORDER OF EAST KALIMANTAN-MALAYSIA AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR AEC 2015
Abstract: Enforcement of the
ASEAN free market in the AEC since 2015 provides opportunities and threats for
the border region of East Kalimantan - Kaltara as the front porch of the
strategic state. This study aims to determine the factors that cause the
occurrence of illegal trade in the border region with Malaysia and the
implications for AEC 2015. By using descriptive analysis method is a method
that makes a picture in a systematic, factual and accurate information on the
facts and seeking to explain how a problem occurs. This study shows that the
circulation of goods Malaysia continues to increase and largely through the
illegal trade. The illegal trade also occurs in agricultural products and forest
products traded as raw materials, the price is cheap and the level of price
elasticity to income is low and negative, while the illegal products from the
Malaysian trade in processed products from an illegal trade which has contains
valueadded and the resale value is relatively more expensive. The results of
this study recommend strategies and policies that can be taken in controlling
illegal trade in the border region of East Kalimantan-Malaysia as well as to
support the AEC 2015 is through two aspects: 1) the strengthening of the law
enforcement aspect (infrastructure, personnel, control mechanisms,
co-operation), 2) economic development through: a) access to the distribution
of public goods and services in the border region, especially items that are
not economical in production on a local scale, b) development of industrial
capacity based on local resources to meet the local needs, regional and capture
global opportunities, c) strategy (a) and (b) achieved through the development
of infrastructure capacity (physical and non-physical), investments,
partnerships and alliances vertical and horizontal.
Keywords: illegal trafficking,
strategies and policies, AEC 2015
Penulis: Syachrumsyah Asri
Kode Jurnal: jpmanajemendd170287
