Food Standards and Exports : Evidence from China

Food Standards and Exports : Evidence from China

Using a new database on Chinese food standards, this paper estimates the impact of volunta-ry and mandatory standards on its agricultural and food exports. The dataset covers seven Chinese products from 1992 to 2008. The findings here indicate that...

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Main Authors: Mangelsdorf, Axel, Portugal-Perez, Alberto, Wilson, John S.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCESSION
ACCREDITATION
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURE
ARTICLE
BEEF
BINDING
CEREALS
CLASSIFICATION
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
DAIRY
DESCRIPTION
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
FOOD ADDITIVES
FOOD CONTROL
FOOD EXPORTS
FOOD INDUSTRY
FOOD POLICY
FOOD PRODUCERS
FOOD PRODUCTS
FOOD REGULATIONS
FOOD SAFETY
FOOD SCIENCE
FOOD STANDARDS
FRUIT
GRAINS
GROUNDNUT
HAZARD
HAZARDS
INCOME
INDICES
INFORMATION EXCHANGE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
LEMONS
LICENSING
MEAT
MELAMINE
NUTS
ONLINE DATABASE
PESTICIDE
PESTICIDES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PREPARED FOODS
PUBLISHING
PULSES
RELIABILITY
RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
RESEARCH PAPERS
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
SAFETY ISSUES
SAFETY STANDARDS
SCENARIO
SIGNALING EFFECT
STANDARDIZATION
SUGAR
SUGAR PRODUCTS
SUGARS
SUPPLIERS
TEA
VEGETABLES
WEB
WEBSITE
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120222161953
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3262
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Summary:Using a new database on Chinese food standards, this paper estimates the impact of volunta-ry and mandatory standards on its agricultural and food exports. The dataset covers seven Chinese products from 1992 to 2008. The findings here indicate that standards have a posi-tive effect on China's export performance. Standards signal to customers that products meet certain quality measures and promote information exchange. The benefits of increased ex-ports outweigh compliance costs. Our results also show that theses positive effects are larger when the standards are consistent with international norms.

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