Abstract:
The study entitled Halal Food Products Marketing Preparedness for ASEAN
Economic Community in the three Southern Border Provinces (Yala Pattani Narathiwat) aims to
1) study the characteristics of those manufacturing entrepreneurs of the Halal food in the three
southern border provinces 2) study the marketing preparedness of those community enterprises
manufacturing the Halal food in the three southern border provinces 3) Study expectation of those
community enterprise entrepreneurs manufacturing the Halal food in the three southern border
provinces 4) study the relationship between the marketing preparedness and the expectation of
those community enterprise entrepreneurs manufacturing the Halal food in the three southern
border provinces 5) forecast the factors of the marketing preparedness affecting the expectation of
those community enterprise entrepreneurs manufacturing the Halal food in the three southern
border provinces for ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and 6) study problems and
recommendations of those community enterprise entrepreneurs manufacturing the Halal food in
the three southern border provinces for ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
The sample were those 842 community enterprise entrepreneurs manufacturing the
Halal food in the three southern border provinces (Yala Pattani Narathiwat) and the sample size
studied were those 271 community enterprise entrepreneurs derived from the Taro Yamane
sample size calculation formula with the reliability value at 95%. A questionnaire was used as a
tool in data collection. The packaged computer analysis program was used in data analysis while
Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and Multiple
Regression Analysis were employed as statistical tools.
The study reveals that : 1) Those community enterprise entrepreneurs
manufacturing the Halal food in the three southern border provinces are females more than males,
aged between 41 - 50 years. They have run their business for 5 - 10 years and most of their
products are sweets. More than 90% of their staff are Muslims. 2) holistically, the dimensions of
marketing preparedness for ASEAN Economic Community on understanding of ASEAN
Economic Community is at the average level (Mean = 3.40), on staff at the average level (Mean =
3.09), on product standard at the high level (Mean = 3.68), on pricing at the average level (Mean
= 3.00), on distribution channel at the average level (Mean = 2.89), and on marketing promotion
at the average level (Mean = 2.78) respectively. 3) for the study on the expectation of those
community enterprise entrepreneurs manufacturing the Halal food in the three southern border
provinces on profit, sales figure, market share, customer satisfaction toward products, it is found
that, holistically, it is at the high level (Mean = 3.81). The expectation for customers satisfaction
toward products has the highest average value of 4.09 while that on sales figure and market share
has the lowest average value of 3.63. 4) The marketing preparedness of those community
enterprise entrepreneurs manufacturing the Halal food in the three southern border provinces
relates to the sales figure and the market share at the statistically significant level of 0.001 and the
marketing preparedness of those community enterprise entrepreneurs manufacturing the Halal
food in the three southern border provinces relates to the profit and the customers satisfaction
toward products at the statistically significant level of 0.01 respectively. 5) The factors affecting
the the expectation of those community enterprise entrepreneurs manufacturing the Halal food in
the three southern border provinces for ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) are sufficiency of
labor for business operation, rapid and expertise product manufacturing skills, the problem on
pricing negotiation of customers or buyers, competitive pricing, planning to recruit staff from
those countries in ASEAN for business operation, and product distribution through both
wholesale and retail operators. and 7) The problems found in the study are the deprivation of
distribution channel and modern tools and equipment while the worst obstacle holding back the
business is that the operation profit cannot be utilized in taking care of all members of the group.
The recommendation is that the downtown distribution channels of the products must be provided
and the data on exporting the products to the neighboring countries.