Non-tariff measures (NTMs) beyond traditional trade policy instruments define the requirements that importing countries imposed on foreign products. Due to differences across countries, requirements for supplying foreign markets can lead to trade costs and thus hamper international trade. In...

This paper introduces a methodological framework based on indices for regulatory heterogeneity which is useful to evaluate technical, sanitary and phytosanitary requirements in international agri-food trade. The study uses the index of regulatory heterogeneity in trade (HIT index), constructed...

The major objective of this work is to evaluate the effects of technical and sanitary measures introduced by the main world importers upon Brazilian poultry meat in the international market. The impact of the measures is estimated using a gravity model constructed with disaggregated data about...

We outline new data on non-tariff measures (NTMs) in agricultural trade collected as part of the NTM-Impact project. The data cover product and process standards, conformity assessment measures, and country requirements for the EU and 10 other countries. We create a Heterogeneity Index of Trade...

We identify that consignments rejected by the European Union, due to the presence of unauthorized Genetically Modified food, have been diverted to third countries, creating trade deflections. We rely on a gravity model to examine the effects on food products. Our results show that the rejection...

This article presents results of a survey applied to Brazilian exporting firms to obtain primary data, which are subject to a statistical analysis about the relative importance attributed to technical barriers to trade. The methodological procedure used consisted in Rio Branco – Acre, 20 a 23...

O presente trabalho procura avaliar os possíveis impactos sobre o agronegócio brasileiro de diferentes cenários de liberalização comercial resultantes da Rodada Doha. Para isso é utilizado o Modelo Minimal de Equilíbrio Geral. Os resultados sugerem que tanto no curto quanto no longo...

Este trabalho apresenta as principais exigências técnicas impostas ao leite condensado pelos principais importadores do produto, Angola, Estados Unidos e Trinidad e Tobago e a simulação, através de um modelo de equilíbrio geral, dos impactos de um banimento das exportações brasileiras de...