Garcia Martinez, M. and Banados, F. (2001) El Impacto de la Legislocion Comunitaria ent el Desarrollo de la Cadena Comercial de Productos Ecologicos Chilenos. Revista Asturiana de Economia, 22 . pp. 47-65.
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Abstract
Empirical studies have underlined the importance of technical trade barriers in the agricultural sector. For organic food products, national differences in standards and certifications systems could act as a major non-tariff barrier for exporting countries, particularly developing countries, which could eventually fail benefit from the increasing marketing opportunities for organic products in developed countries. This paper presents results of a study on the impact of EU organic certification legislation on Chile organic sector as an illustration of the problem a developing country faces when trading internationally. The paper analyses the recent regulatory reform in Chile aimed to help domestic organic producers to overcome international trade barriers and reach a “playing field level”. However, technical problems and a slow uptake by the private sector have hampered the potential success of these widereaching legislative measures. As a result, Chilean organic products enter the EU market through the “back door” (i.e. special
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | food safety, Organic products, European Union, Chile, nontariff barriers to trade. |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > Kent Business School > Agri-Environment Economics |
| Depositing User: | M.A. Garcia-Martinez |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Mar 2009 19:45 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2010 14:39 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/10190 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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