Sanitary and phytosanitary standards as bridge to cross

This research assesses the effects of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards in international trade by introducing a new concept, bridge to cross (BTC), with product standards. The BTC in this paper is the regulatory gap between the exporting and importing countries with regard to any particular...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Munasib, Abdul, Roy, Devesh
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154896
_version_ 1855518377810853888
author Munasib, Abdul
Roy, Devesh
author_browse Munasib, Abdul
Roy, Devesh
author_facet Munasib, Abdul
Roy, Devesh
author_sort Munasib, Abdul
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description This research assesses the effects of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards in international trade by introducing a new concept, bridge to cross (BTC), with product standards. The BTC in this paper is the regulatory gap between the exporting and importing countries with regard to any particular SPS measure. Assuming that each country's standard is binding in its own domestic markets, the standard of the importing country emerges as an effective trade barrier only when it exceeds the standard in the domestic market of the exporting country. Given the need to account for unobserved heterogeneity (multilateral resistance) in empirical trade models, if SPS regulations do not vary significantly over time, the effect of the regulation cannot be identified. However, the effect of BTC can still be identified because it varies by the pair of countries involved in the trade. As an application we apply the method to an SPS regulation relating to aflatoxin contamination in maize. In our empirical analysis we find that the effect of BTC varies by the size of the exporter and that the effect is stronger for poorer countries.
format Artículo preliminar
id CGSpace154896
institution CGIAR Consortium
language Inglés
publishDate 2011
publishDateRange 2011
publishDateSort 2011
publisher International Food Policy Research Institute
publisherStr International Food Policy Research Institute
record_format dspace
spelling CGSpace1548962025-11-06T05:33:12Z Sanitary and phytosanitary standards as bridge to cross Munasib, Abdul Roy, Devesh hygiene international trade regulations imports exports aflatoxins mycotoxins maize models sanitation standard operating procedures This research assesses the effects of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards in international trade by introducing a new concept, bridge to cross (BTC), with product standards. The BTC in this paper is the regulatory gap between the exporting and importing countries with regard to any particular SPS measure. Assuming that each country's standard is binding in its own domestic markets, the standard of the importing country emerges as an effective trade barrier only when it exceeds the standard in the domestic market of the exporting country. Given the need to account for unobserved heterogeneity (multilateral resistance) in empirical trade models, if SPS regulations do not vary significantly over time, the effect of the regulation cannot be identified. However, the effect of BTC can still be identified because it varies by the pair of countries involved in the trade. As an application we apply the method to an SPS regulation relating to aflatoxin contamination in maize. In our empirical analysis we find that the effect of BTC varies by the size of the exporter and that the effect is stronger for poorer countries. 2011 2024-10-01T14:04:39Z 2024-10-01T14:04:39Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154896 en https://global.oup.com/academic/product/liberalizing-foodgrains-markets-9780198066958 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160490 https://doi.org/10.2499/Researchbrief07 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Munasib, Abdul; Roy, Devesh. 2011. Sanitary and phytosanitary standards as bridge to cross. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1140. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154896
spellingShingle hygiene
international trade
regulations
imports
exports
aflatoxins
mycotoxins
maize
models
sanitation standard operating procedures
Munasib, Abdul
Roy, Devesh
Sanitary and phytosanitary standards as bridge to cross
title Sanitary and phytosanitary standards as bridge to cross
title_full Sanitary and phytosanitary standards as bridge to cross
title_fullStr Sanitary and phytosanitary standards as bridge to cross
title_full_unstemmed Sanitary and phytosanitary standards as bridge to cross
title_short Sanitary and phytosanitary standards as bridge to cross
title_sort sanitary and phytosanitary standards as bridge to cross
topic hygiene
international trade
regulations
imports
exports
aflatoxins
mycotoxins
maize
models
sanitation standard operating procedures
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154896
work_keys_str_mv AT munasibabdul sanitaryandphytosanitarystandardsasbridgetocross
AT roydevesh sanitaryandphytosanitarystandardsasbridgetocross