What price precaution? European harmonisation of aflatoxin regulations and African groundnut exports

Tsunehiro Otsuki () and John Wilson

European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2001, vol. 28, issue 3, 263-284

Abstract: The effects of varying regulatory standards on trade in agricultural products are at the forefront of policy debate. This paper employs a gravity model to estimate the impact of changes in aflatoxin standards on trade flows of groundnut products using trade data for Europe and Africa during 1989--1998. Results suggest that a 10 per cent tighter aflatoxin standard in European countries will reduce edible groundnut imports by 11 per cent. A new European Union regulation on aflatoxins will result in a trade flow that is 63 per cent lower than when the Codex Alimentarius international standards are followed. Copyright 2001, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2001
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