Economic impact of sanitary and phytosanitary measures on Philippine pineapple exports
2009
Bathan, B.M. | Lantican, F.A., Philippines Univ. Los Baños, College, Laguna (Philippines). Coll. of Economics and Management. Dept. of Agricultural Economics
This paper determined the economic impact of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures on Philippine pineapple exports in accord to the implementation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on the application of SPS measures and compliance to importing countries' standards. As the Philippine SPS standards for fresh and processed pineapple were revealed to be at par with the Codex standards and that of the major trading partners, namely: Japan, South Korea, Canada, the Netherlands and the United States; the country has maintained its export competitiveness in the pre and post-SPS regimes. Results of the multiple regression analysis revealed that foreign exchange rate, domestic production, and exports price positively affected the value of pineapple exports while domestic price negatively influenced the value of pineapple exports. Australia, which has imposed stringent SPS requirements, registered a declining import volume of Philippine fresh pineapple as shown by a significant and negative coefficient of SPS dummy variable. In general, in spite of the insignificant effect of SPS measures on total value of Philippine pineapple exports, there are still production-, marketing-, and trade-related problems in the industry that require policy directions in order to remain competitive in traditional and emerging foreign markets.
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