trade with agricultural produce from developing countries. However, to enforce the position of sustainable banana production …, the EU should also introduce - in addition to an auction of producers' offers - social and ecological labels in the banana …

GlobalGAP standard adoption has a positive impact on EU banana import values. Intensity is measured by using number of GlobalGAP … intensity of certification, in terms of producers and hectares are associated with higher banana imports. However the estimated … standard requirements are driven out of the international banana market. For the gravity variables distance is found to have …