investigate if EU fish standards are protectionist following reoccurring rejection of African fish products at the EU border … variables. In addition, we find EU standards are indeed non-protectionist in spite of the high level of African fish exports … rejected since 2008 at the EU border. Thus, a deeper trade agreement between these trading partners involving a significant …

institutional characteristics of countries that successfully export fruits, dairy products, meat, fish, and vegetables to the EU (as …

This paper investigates the causes of rejections of African exports at the EU border as a barrier in accessing EU … procedure and a lack of technical personnel increase the incidences of rejection at the EU border and add to Africa’s challenges … in accessing EU markets. In addition, in line with the growing literature, this study finds empirical support for the …

first on exports and second on rejections at EU borders. Empirical analysis is carried out on 52 African countries' exports … of fruits, nuts and vegetables and fish to the EU-27 from 2008 to 2013. Adopting the gravity framework we find that only … EBA eligibility has induced significantly exports of fruits, nuts and vegetables from Africa to the EU-27. Estimating …

to the European Union (EU). As a novelty to the literature, we analyse the impacts of EU pesticide standards on African … protect EU growers of certain fruits and vegetables against international competition. We represent these trade costs in the … Africa’s exports of tomatoes to the EU from 2008 to 2013, using the gravity model of trade. Our results show that at both the …

GlobalGAP standard adoption has a positive impact on EU banana import values. Intensity is measured by using number of GlobalGAP …