Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 1
Written by Christian RITZEL, Andreas KOHLER, Stefan MANN
We analyse the Swiss import structure of the agricultural and food sector from developing countries (DCs) and least-developed countries (LDCs) which benefit from the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). Between 2002 and 2011, 46% and 36% of the agricultural products from the DCs and LDCs, respectively, were imported under the GSP scheme. However, most of the agricultural products from DCs and LDCs entered Switzerland under a most favoured nations (MFN) of zero. The estimations of a gravity model underpin the findings of the descriptive analysis: Being simultaneously a member of the WTO and in the GSP scheme fosters agro-food imports from DCs and LDCs significantly. Furthermore, the productivity and supply capacity within the agricultural sector depicted by the agriculture gross domestic product of a trading partner has a strong and significant positive effect on imports.
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{simplepopup popup="false" name="Citation68"}RITZEL C., KOHLER A., MANN S. 2016, PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: DID THEY FOSTER AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO SWITZERLAND?. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-8005, 435-444. {/simplepopup}