Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267542 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of African Trade [ISSN:] 2214-8523 [Volume:] 8 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Atlantis Press [Place:] Paris [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 51-64
Publisher: 
Atlantis Press, Paris
Abstract: 
Agrifood standards impede trade by increasing compliance costs, but they can also enhance trade by signalling quality. This paper disentangles the trade costs and demand-enhancing effects of two important standards-technical barriers to trade, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures-on (i) global agricultural trade flows and (ii) fruit, nut, and vegetable trade between sub-Saharan Africa and high-income OECD countries. Combining estimates fromunit value and trade value regressions set within structural gravity frameworks, we show that trading standards increase trade costs-which exporters pass on to consumers in the form of higher prices-but they also increase trade volume. For agrifood exports from sub-Saharan Africa, compliance with standards guarantees market access at higher prices to high-value OECD markets.
Subjects: 
Non-tariff measures
sanitary and phytosanitary measures
technical barriers to trade
sub-Saharan Africa
ad valorem equivalent
gravity model
JEL: 
F12
F14
Q17
Q18
O13
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Document Type: 
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