Box 1. Barriers to VSS adoption in developing countries: the case of Peru

Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández

Box 1. Barriers to VSS adoption in developing countries: the case of Peru

Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández

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Abstract

With the opening up of markets through free trade agreements (FTAs), Peru’s agricultural exports have flourished. The government has provided assistance to local producers to observe sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures and overcome technical barriers to trade (TBTs). However, these are not the only challenges they face for market access; private standards may become the new “non-tariff” challenges particularly for smallholder producers. According to Curzi et al. (2020), regular SPS measures can enhance trade, but private standards (specific trade concerns, as they call them) can significantly reduce the ability to export, and more so for smaller firms than for the larger ones.
In addition, their study shows that the more widespread the use of private standards, the greater is the reduction of export volume and firms’ exit. Other studies, however, show inconclusive results.
Nonetheless, it is interesting to analyse VSS adoption dynamics in Peru, and explore whether other developing countries experience similar dynamics.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Number of pages	1
State	Published - Oct 2022
Externally published	Yes

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"This publication of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) has been produced in collaboration with the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies of the University of Leuven with the support of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)."

"This report has benefited from the comments and guidance provided by the AAC Co-chairs: Mercedes Aráoz Fernández and Bernard Hoekman. Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba (UNCTAD) is the coordinator of the UNFSS Secretariat and a co-editor of this publication, together with Axel Marx (University of Leuven).
Niematallah E. A. Elamin (UNCTAD) and Charline Depoorter (University of Leuven) are the assistant coeditors."

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SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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Voluntary sustainability standards sustainability agenda and developing countries: opportunities and challenges: 5th Flagship Report of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards
Aráoz Fernández, M. R. (Editor), Marx, A. (Editor), Fernandez de Cordoba, S. (Editor) & Hoekman, B. (Editor), 2022, Switzerland.
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Box 1. Barriers to VSS adoption in developing countries: the case of Peru

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Voluntary sustainability standards sustainability agenda and developing countries: opportunities and challenges: 5th Flagship Report of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards

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