To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food Safety
How governments regulate food safety and environmental protection, including pesticide residue levels, has important implications for trade. The World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial held in Doha, Qatar in November 2001, included statements on...
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okr-10986-143222021-04-23T14:03:20Z To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food Safety Wilson, John S. Tsunehiro Otsuki FOOD SAFETY PESTICIDE RESIDUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PESTICIDE CONTROL STANDARDS PESTICIDE POLLUTION PESTICIDE REGULATION BANANA INDUSTRY TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE REGULATION WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION MARKET ACCESS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TRADE POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKETING REGULATORY CONTROL IMPORT REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS CONSENSUS BUILDING EXPORT SHORTFALLS AERIAL SPRAYING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ALDRIN ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMALS APPLES BANANAS BILATERAL TRADE CANCER CASH CROPS CEREALS CHLORDIMEFORM COEFFICIENT ESTIMATE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPLIANCE COSTS COTTON CROP CROPS DDT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DIELDRIN DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPORTERS EXPORTS FARM FARMERS FARMS FISH FISHERIES FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPORTS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD SAFETY FORESTRY FREE TRADE FRUITS FUNGI FUNGICIDES GNP GRAINS GRAVITY MODEL GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEPTACHLOR HERBICIDES IMPORTS INSECTICIDES INSECTS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES LEGISLATION MARKET ACCESS MARKET SHARE METHYLPARATHION MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES PARATHION PESTICIDE PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS PESTICIDE EXPOSURE PESTICIDE HAZARDS PESTICIDE RESIDUES PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD PESTICIDE USE PESTICIDES PESTS PLANTAINS POLICY RESEARCH PRODUCE PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH QUOTA LEVELS QUOTAS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS RICE SAFETY STANDARDS TARIFF RATE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE DATA TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE REGIME VALUE OF TRADE VEGETABLES WATER STORAGE WEEDS ZERO TARIFFS How governments regulate food safety and environmental protection, including pesticide residue levels, has important implications for trade. The World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial held in Doha, Qatar in November 2001, included statements on standards, and their impact on market access for developing countries. These issues will continue to be important in trade policy dialogues. It is assumed - and evidence from recent analysis confirms - that food safety standards can affect the ability of agricultural producers to meet regulatory standards, set by importing countries. The authors explore a fundamental question in food safety and environmental standards: Do regulations on pesticide have an effect on trade? They examine regulatory data from 11 OECD importing countries, and trade data from 19 exporting countries. The results suggest that a 10 percent increase in regulatory stringency - tighter restrictions on the pesticide chlorpyrifos - leads to a decrease in banana imports by 14.8 percent. This represents a significant impact on trade, and affect prospects of developing countries who continue to rely on exports of agricultural commodities, such as bananas. The findings also suggest that the lack of consensus on international standards, and divergent national regulations on pesticides is costly. For example, the authors estimate that if the world were to adopt a standard at a level of regulatory stringency suggested by Codex (the body charged with setting global standards in this area), in contrast with one set at the level in place in the European Union, there would be a U$S 5.3 billion loss in world exports. 2013-07-01T19:47:38Z 2013-07-01T19:47:38Z 2002-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1737108/spray-or-not-spray-pesticides-banana-exports-food-safety http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14322 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.2805 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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FOOD SAFETY PESTICIDE RESIDUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PESTICIDE CONTROL STANDARDS PESTICIDE POLLUTION PESTICIDE REGULATION BANANA INDUSTRY TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE REGULATION WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION MARKET ACCESS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TRADE POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKETING REGULATORY CONTROL IMPORT REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS CONSENSUS BUILDING EXPORT SHORTFALLS AERIAL SPRAYING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ALDRIN ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMALS APPLES BANANAS BILATERAL TRADE CANCER CASH CROPS CEREALS CHLORDIMEFORM COEFFICIENT ESTIMATE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPLIANCE COSTS COTTON CROP CROPS DDT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DIELDRIN DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPORTERS EXPORTS FARM FARMERS FARMS FISH FISHERIES FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPORTS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD SAFETY FORESTRY FREE TRADE FRUITS FUNGI FUNGICIDES GNP GRAINS GRAVITY MODEL GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEPTACHLOR HERBICIDES IMPORTS INSECTICIDES INSECTS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES LEGISLATION MARKET ACCESS MARKET SHARE METHYLPARATHION MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES PARATHION PESTICIDE PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS PESTICIDE EXPOSURE PESTICIDE HAZARDS PESTICIDE RESIDUES PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD PESTICIDE USE PESTICIDES PESTS PLANTAINS POLICY RESEARCH PRODUCE PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH QUOTA LEVELS QUOTAS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS RICE SAFETY STANDARDS TARIFF RATE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE DATA TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE REGIME VALUE OF TRADE VEGETABLES WATER STORAGE WEEDS ZERO TARIFFS |
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FOOD SAFETY PESTICIDE RESIDUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PESTICIDE CONTROL STANDARDS PESTICIDE POLLUTION PESTICIDE REGULATION BANANA INDUSTRY TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE REGULATION WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION MARKET ACCESS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TRADE POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKETING REGULATORY CONTROL IMPORT REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS CONSENSUS BUILDING EXPORT SHORTFALLS AERIAL SPRAYING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ALDRIN ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMALS APPLES BANANAS BILATERAL TRADE CANCER CASH CROPS CEREALS CHLORDIMEFORM COEFFICIENT ESTIMATE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPLIANCE COSTS COTTON CROP CROPS DDT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DIELDRIN DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPORTERS EXPORTS FARM FARMERS FARMS FISH FISHERIES FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPORTS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD SAFETY FORESTRY FREE TRADE FRUITS FUNGI FUNGICIDES GNP GRAINS GRAVITY MODEL GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEPTACHLOR HERBICIDES IMPORTS INSECTICIDES INSECTS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES LEGISLATION MARKET ACCESS MARKET SHARE METHYLPARATHION MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES PARATHION PESTICIDE PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS PESTICIDE EXPOSURE PESTICIDE HAZARDS PESTICIDE RESIDUES PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD PESTICIDE USE PESTICIDES PESTS PLANTAINS POLICY RESEARCH PRODUCE PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH QUOTA LEVELS QUOTAS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS RICE SAFETY STANDARDS TARIFF RATE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE DATA TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE REGIME VALUE OF TRADE VEGETABLES WATER STORAGE WEEDS ZERO TARIFFS Wilson, John S. Tsunehiro Otsuki To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food Safety |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No.2805 |
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How governments regulate food safety and
environmental protection, including pesticide residue
levels, has important implications for trade. The World
Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial held in Doha, Qatar in
November 2001, included statements on standards, and their
impact on market access for developing countries. These
issues will continue to be important in trade policy
dialogues. It is assumed - and evidence from recent analysis
confirms - that food safety standards can affect the ability
of agricultural producers to meet regulatory standards, set
by importing countries. The authors explore a fundamental
question in food safety and environmental standards: Do
regulations on pesticide have an effect on trade? They
examine regulatory data from 11 OECD importing countries,
and trade data from 19 exporting countries. The results
suggest that a 10 percent increase in regulatory stringency
- tighter restrictions on the pesticide chlorpyrifos - leads
to a decrease in banana imports by 14.8 percent. This
represents a significant impact on trade, and affect
prospects of developing countries who continue to rely on
exports of agricultural commodities, such as bananas. The
findings also suggest that the lack of consensus on
international standards, and divergent national regulations
on pesticides is costly. For example, the authors estimate
that if the world were to adopt a standard at a level of
regulatory stringency suggested by Codex (the body charged
with setting global standards in this area), in contrast
with one set at the level in place in the European Union,
there would be a U$S 5.3 billion loss in world exports. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Wilson, John S. Tsunehiro Otsuki |
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Wilson, John S. Tsunehiro Otsuki |
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Wilson, John S. |
| title |
To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food Safety |
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To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food Safety |
| title_full |
To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food Safety |
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To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food Safety |
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To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food Safety |
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to spray or not to spray? pesticides, banana exports, and food safety |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1737108/spray-or-not-spray-pesticides-banana-exports-food-safety http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14322 |
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