Non-Tariff Measures & Technical Regulations: The Challenges of Compliance for Exporters: A Three-Year ITC Survey across 30 Countries Is Seeking to Identify and Understand the Major Obstacles to Trade Faced by Export Businesses in Meeting Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) and Technical Regulations

Averbeck, Carolin, Skorobogatova, Olga, International Trade Forum

Exporters and trade policy-makers in developing countries are increasingly concerned about NTMs applied by destination markets. These include a wide range of trade measures that are related to export, including technical regulations and other mandatory standards. They may vary across products and countries, and can change frequently. While many NTMs are applied for legitimate reasons, others can be barriers to trade.

Many exporters in developing countries lack the information, capabilities and facilities to meet these complex requirements. In addition, compliance with NTMs can reduce export competitiveness by adding extra time and cost to the production of goods. At the same time, many national policy-makers lack a clear picture of the impediments to trade that the business sector faces when complying with these measures.

In order to better identify and understand the impact of NTMs and other obstacles to trade …

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Publication information: Article title: Non-Tariff Measures & Technical Regulations: The Challenges of Compliance for Exporters: A Three-Year ITC Survey across 30 Countries Is Seeking to Identify and Understand the Major Obstacles to Trade Faced by Export Businesses in Meeting Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) and Technical Regulations. Contributors: Averbeck, Carolin - Author, Skorobogatova, Olga - Author. Magazine title: International Trade Forum. Issue: 3 Publication date: July-September 2010. Page number: 35+. © 1998 International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT. COPYRIGHT 2010 Gale Group.

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