5. Key Commodity Performance - National Agricultural and Fishery ...

Benchmarking
5.3.8 The top three coconut producers are Indonesia, Philippines and India.
Coconut yield levels among selected Asian countries showed that the Philippines
is far behind Indonesia and India. Yield growth from 1993-1998 was negative for
most of the countries except for China and Vietnam. However, a marked
improvement in yield growth was observed from 1999-2004 led by the Philippines
with 5.4%.
Table 5.3.1. COCONUT: Comparative Yields of Selected Asian Countries,
1993, 1998 and 2004
Yield (ton/ha)
Country
1993 1998 2004
China 9.33 10.03 10.39
India 5.44 5.31 5.00
Indonesia 5.53 5.44 6.12
Malaysia 3.94 3.60 3.97
Philippines 3.68 3.43 4.41
Thailand 4.24 4.15 4.37
Viet Nam
Source of basic data: FAO
5.70 5.90 7.01
5.3.9 The Philippines came out to be the cheapest coconut producer in 1993
among selected Asian countries. However this position was not sustained as
Indonesia and Thailand had lower prices in 1998 and 2002, respectively.
Nevertheless, the significant decrease in 2002 Philippine prices saw the country
with lower prices than Indonesia and India.
Table 5.3.2. COCONUT: Comparative Producer Prices of Selected Asian
Countries, 1993, 1998 and 2002
Price ($/ton)
Country
1993 1998 2002
China 584.35 144.95 161.65
India 126.09 83.59 60.89
Indonesia 93.35 69.83 115.23
Philippines 74.48 77.26 54.65
Thailand 88.47 100.78 45.88
Source of basic data: FAO and IFS
Competitiveness analysis
5.3.10 Since most coconut products are exported, the best measure of
competitiveness is its cost competitiveness. A comparative costs and returns of
coconut oil (CNO) and palm oil (CPO) revealed that while CNO has a higher
price than CPO, its return to revenues is much lower due to low farm productivity.
(UA&P Coconut discussion paper, 2006)
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