TY - CHAP
T1 - Box 1. Barriers to VSS adoption in developing countries
T2 - the case of Peru
AU - Aráoz Fernández, Mercedes Rosalba
N1 - "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."
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
M3 - Capítulo de libro
SP - 11
EP - 12
BT - Voluntary sustainability standards sustainability agenda and developing countries
A2 - Aráoz, Mercedes
A2 - Hoekman, Bernard
A2 - Fernandez de Cordoba, Santiago
A2 - Marx, Axel
CY - Switzerland
ER -