FISH TRADE AND POLICY: A PRIMER ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES

Marco Fugazza ()

No 76, UNCTAD Blue Series Papers from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Abstract: This paper presents some novel results on the prevalence of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) in the fish sector. They are obtained using a dataset recently released by UNCTAD's secretariat. Six major stylized facts emerge. First, products of the fish sector are relatively more affected by NTMs and more intensively than products belonging to non-fish sectors. Second, products of the fish sector are mostly affected by technical regulations and in particular SPS measures. Third, almost all countries impose SPS measures on all imports of products of the fish sector. Fourth, similar types of SPS measures and TBTs affect both fish and non-fish products. However, their incidence is much larger in fish products. Fifth, no product (or type of product) of the fish sector appears to be more affected by NTMs than any other. Sixth, no systematic relationship between tariffs and NTMs incidence can be identified.

Date: 2017
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