This paper analyses preference erosion effects on the agricultural sector of the EU’s ten Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs). The modelling exercise is carried out with the partial equilibrium multi-commodity multi-region world trade model AGRISIM. The effects vary between the markets and...

In this study the case of olive oil imports of Germany is examined since olive oil is a traditional Mediterranean commodity and Germany is the biggest importer in the EU. A gravity model has been employed so as to analyse those factors that explain the German imports of olive oil that were...

Projections on the development of agricultural commodity markets underlie a given set ofassumptions on economic growth. However, recent economic and financial crisis, as well assigns of quicker recovery in emerging economies, increase uncertainty in the forecasts ofmacroeconomic developments....