El Impacto de la Legislocion Comunitaria ent el Desarrollo de la Cadena Comercial de Productos Ecologicos Chilenos

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

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