Standards-as-Barriers versus Standards-as-Catalysts: Assessing the Impact of HACCP Implementation on U.S. Seafood Imports

Sven Anders and Julie Caswell ()

No 2007-7, Working Papers from University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Resource Economics

Abstract: The United States mandated a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety standard for seafood in 1997. Panel model results for the period 1990 to 2004 suggest that HACCP introduction had a negative and significant impact on overall seafood imports from the top 33 suppliers. While the effect for developed countries was positive, the negative HACCP effect for developing countries supports the view of “standards-as-barriers” versus ”standards-as-catalysts.” When the effect is analyzed at an individual country level a different perspective emerges. Regardless of development status, leading seafood exporters generally gained sales volume with the U.S., while most other smaller trading partners faced losses or stagnant sales.

Keywords: food standards; international trade; developed and developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 L51 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2007-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-int and nep-reg
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