한‧중 FTA 체결이 지역과 산업에 미치는 영향 : 대구지역 기업 설문조사를 중심으로

Abstract

Economic effects of Korea-China FTA would be different directions according to the regional and industrial characteristics. This paper surveyed 300 firms which reported annual sales of over 5 billion won in Daegu province and investigated their evaluation for KCFTA. According to the survey, the respondent firms showed positive evaluation (36.7%) for the KCFTA was bigger than that of negative evaluation (14.0%) and a half of firms prospected that they would not be influenced by KCFTA. We could find some interesting results from the survey. First, Korean regions would be influenced by KCFTA according to their specific industrial characteristics. In case of Daegu province which had well developed auto-parts industry, we generally forecasted the positive effects of KCFTA in this region. Second, the size and specific characteristics of firms were the important factors to evaluate the effects of KCFTA. Almost of firms in Daegu revealed small and medium size businesses, moreover many of them involved subcontracts with large enterprises in other regions. So their business performance could closely relate to the decision-making process of the large enterprises to KCFTA. Third, the relationship of individual firm to China also influenced the evaluation. A firm which had factories in both countries would easily adjust the KCFTA circumstance rather than the export oriented firms. Some of domestic market oriented firms also gave a welcome to the price down of imported low materials.