Jamaica’s Trade in Ethnic Foods and Other Niche Products : The Impact of Food Safety and Plant Health Standards
Many of Jamaica's nontraditional agro-food exports face a broad range of competitiveness constraints related to inconsistent raw material production, high post-harvest losses, relatively high cost and limited availability labor, macroeconomic...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC : World Bank
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/150141468049807409/Jamaicas-trade-in-ethnic-foods-and-other-niche-products-the-impact-of-food-safety-and-plant-health-standards http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37131 |
| Summary: | Many of Jamaica's nontraditional
agro-food exports face a broad range of competitiveness
constraints related to inconsistent raw material production,
high post-harvest losses, relatively high cost and limited
availability labor, macroeconomic factors, and intensified
regional and other competition. Market access problems
related to SPS materials have exacerbated and reinforced
these constraints, reducing the profitability and raising
the risks associated with the conduct of these trades. The
resolution of such SPS constraints is necessary, although
not sufficient, to restore and improve the competitiveness
of Jamaica's nontraditional agro-food exports. The aims
of this study are to examine the efficacy of strategies to
comply with emerging standards, assess the extent to which
SPS measures have impeded the development of Jamaica's
nontraditional exports, and review the prevailing level of
SPS management capacities within the country and ongoing
efforts to strengthen these. The study first describes the
magnitude and composition of agricultural and food exports
from Jamaica and then assesses the current status of SPS
capacity. On these bases, the potential for SPS measures to
impede agricultural and food product exports is assessed,
drawing on a number of specific cases in which problems have
occurred. An overall assessment of the impact of SPS
measures is then undertaken, and recommendations made for
future action on the part of both the Jamaican government
and private sector. |
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