期刊名称：OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Working Papers
电子版ISSN：1815-6797
出版年度：2015
期号：74
DOI：10.1787/5js4wzp09q6f-en
出版社：Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
摘要：Trade facilitation matters. Estimates of trade friction costs from border and customprocedures are relatively high. Trade facilitation to allow for the speedy movement of traded goodsmay be more important for agricultural, especially perishable, products than for other goodsbecause of their time sensitivity, especially for developing countries. Data suggest that manycountries across the geographic and income spectrum have improved their performance on severaltrade facilitation variables. Concurrently, agricultural trade has grown substantially, especiallyfrom low and lower middle income countries. The data suggest that further improvements to tradefacilitation in many low and lower middle income countries are needed for them to catch up withbest practices. Impediments to trade remain, as indicated by the relatively high tariff equivalent oftrade costs, especially on agricultural products.
