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- Title
How important are tariffs and nontariff barriers in international markets for fresh fruit?
- Authors
Rickard, Bradley J.; Lei, Lei
- Abstract
International markets for agricultural products are often subject to a range of trade barriers, and horticultural products are no exception. This article examines the economic implications of tariffs and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regulations that are applied to global markets for fresh apples and fresh oranges. We calculate regional-level tariff rates and ad valorem equivalents for SPS barriers following the price-wedge approach. A simulation model is developed and used to assess the price, quantity, and welfare implications of reducing tariffs, removing SPS barriers, and removing SPS barriers that have been identified as a Specific Trade Concern (STC) by the World Trade Organization. Results suggest that a 36% reduction in global tariffs would lead to greater welfare gains than would the elimination of SPS measures in apple markets. However, in orange markets, we find that SPS measures have much larger economic implications for producers and consumers. Here, a 36% reduction in tariffs would lead to smaller overall welfare effects compared to removal of all SPS measures, and only slightly larger effects than those from removal of STCs alone.
- Subjects
TARIFF; INTERNATIONAL trade; SANITATION laws; SIMULATION methods &; models; COMMERCIAL policy; APPLE exports &; imports; FRUIT; ORANGES
- Publication
Agricultural Economics, 2011, Vol 42, p19
- ISSN
0169-5150
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1574-0862.2011.00549.x