Does European aflatoxin regulation hurt groundnut exporters from Africa?

Bo Xiong and John Beghin ()

Chapter 16 in Nontariff Measures and International Trade, 2017, pp 287-307 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: We provide an ex post econometric examination of the harmonisation and tightening of the EU maximum residue limit (MRL) on aflatoxins in 2002, and its impact on African exports of groundnut products. We find no evidence of the EU MRL having a significant negative trade impact on these groundnut exports from Africa across various methods of estimation. African domestic supply plays an important role in the determination of the volumes of trade and the propensity to trade. Our findings suggest that the trade potential of African groundnut exporters is more constrained by domestic supply issues rather than by limited market access.

Keywords: Nontariff Measures; Standards; Barrier; NTM; NTB; Technical Barrier; TBT; International Trade; Phytosanitary; SPS; Maximum Residue Limits; MRL; Food Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Journal Article: Does European aflatoxin regulation hurt groundnut exporters from Africa? (2012)
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