Acronym NA
Category
Seafood Processing
Title Non-tariff barriers, food safety and international food trade Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National Coordinator Arne Melchior Coordinator email arne.melchior@nupi.no
Coordinator institution
NUPI - Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (Norway)
Institutions involved
CADI - Central Asian Development Institute (Kazakhstan) ,
KSE - Kyiv School of Economics (Ukraine) ,
NA - La Salle University (Colombia) ,
NILF - Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute (Norway) ,
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway) ,
Start year 2012 End year 2014 Funding (€) € 716,638 Website https://www.nupi.no/nupi_eng/About-NUPI/Projects-centers/Non-tariff-barriers-food-safety-and-international-food-trade Summary The project examines the role of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and sanitary and phytosanitary regulations (SPS) for Norway's seafood exports and Norway's imports of agricultural goods from developing countries. Norway's seafood exports to major markets such as Russia, Ukraine, and China have recently been strongly affected by new licensing regimes as well as sanitary/veterinary regulations. Food imports from the poorest countries are still limited in spite of generous tariff preferences, and an issue is whether NTBs/SPS is an underlying cause. In the project, the primary objective is to provide new evidence on such regulations in selected export markets for seafood, and for European food imports in selected sectors from developing countries. The project will provide new evidence on through surveys and other sources, and examine the cost of compliance and the impact of impact these regulations on trade. For seafood products, particular attention is placed on emerging markets such as Russia, Ukraine, and China. A second objective is to develop a more rigorous methodological approach to NTBs/SPS. While former economic research has sometimes tended to treat NTBs as if they were like tariffs, we maintain that NTBs may be qualitatively different from tariffs and new tools may be necessary in order to capture their impact. In this respect we build on the recent literature on firm heterogeneity and sunk costs in international trade, as well as the broader literature on non-tariff barriers and trade. The project will be carried out by NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo, Norway) and UMB (University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway), in cooperation with Kiev School of Economics (KSE) in Kiev, Ukraine. The project is a researcher project but aims to have a systematic dialogue with significant user groups (exporters, importers, institutions) and a strong dissemination component.
Norwegian seafood exports have recently been affected by numerous non-tariff barriers (NTB) and food safety regulations (SPS) in important markets such as Russia, Ukraine and China. The primary objective of the project is to provide new evidence on such regulations in these and other markets, and examine their cost and impact on trade. The project will also study the impact of European NTBs and SPS regulations for food imports from developing countries into the EU and Norway. A secondary objective is to develop economic methodologies for studying NTBs and SPS, in cooperation with an international partner and including a strong dissemination component. The project addresses important issues related to Chapter 4 of Natur og næring's programme plan.
Keywords
Economy;
Policy;
Seafood;
Market;
Food safety;
Marine Region
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