摘要：Processed coconut products are one of Indonesia’s leading export commodities. Coconut can be processed into several products including coconut milk, copra, and coconut oil. In this study researchers focused on processed coconut products in the form of coconut oil, namely crude coconut oil with HS code 151311 and virgin coconut oil with HS code 151319. The researcher conducted an analysis of the trade specialization and competitiveness of Indonesian coconut oil in the international market. A quantitative research method was deployed in this study with secondary data obtained from several sources relevant to the topic of this research, such as the United Nations Commodity Trade, Statistics Indonesia, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia. The data analysis method used in this study is the Trade Specialization Index (TSI) which is used to analyze the trade specifications of Indonesian coconut oil and Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) which is used to analyze the comparative competitiveness of Indonesian coconut oil. The results in this study are the trade specialization of Indonesian coconut oil is at the maturity stage which means Indonesia tends to be a coconut oil-exporting country, with a TSI value of Indonesian crude coconut oil (0.94) and Indonesian virgin coconut oil (0.99). The results of the RCA research also show positive things for Indonesian coconut oil, where crude coconut oil and virgin coconut oil get an RCA value of more than 1 which means Indonesian crude coconut oil and Indonesian virgin coconut oil have comparative advantages and strong competitiveness in the international market with the average RCA value of crude coconut oil (30.67) and virgin coconut oil (27.07).
