Tariffs and other trade costs: assessing obstacles to Mediterranean countries'access to EU-15 fruit and vegetable markets

Charlotte Emlinger, Florence Jacquet and Emmanuelle Chevassus-Lozza
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Emmanuelle Chevassus-Lozza: LERECO CEDRAN - Laboratoire d'Études et de Recherches en Economie - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

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Abstract: This paper evaluates the role of tariffs in the overall trade barriers faced by Mediterranean countries that export fruit and vegetables to the European Union (EU), using a gravity model. With an annual specification, we measure the border effect faced by the Mediterranean countries on entering EU markets and show that trade costs other than transport costs and tariffs seriously hinder exports from Mediterranean countries. A second specification analyses the impact of seasonality on tariff sensitivity. Periods of the year during which liberalisation could have a greater impact on trade are identified.

Keywords: ACCORD COMMERCIAL; ACCORD EURO-MEDITERRANEEN; MODELE GRAVITAIRE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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Published in European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2008, 35 (4), pp.409-438. ⟨10.1093/erae/jbn031⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbn031

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