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| Title: | The Relevance of the EU Entry Price System for Imports of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables |
| Authors: | Goetz, Linde
Grethe, Harald |
| Authors (Email): | Goetz, Linde (lgoetz@uni-goettingen.de)
Grethe, Harald (harald.grethe@agrar.hu-berlin.de) |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | Working Paper
#07-03 |
| Abstract: | The EU protects EU growers of 15 kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables against international
competition not only by the means of ad valorem tariffs of up to 20%, but also by the EU
entry-price system (EPS), which is designed to restrict imports below the product-specific,
politically designated entry price level. This study investigates the influence of the EPS on
import prices of fruits and vegetables per product and country of origin. We utilise a unique
data set comprising about 60,000 observations of daily synthetic import prices.
We develop two indicators for the effectiveness of the EPS, which serve as variables in a
cluster analysis identifying four classes differing in the relevance of the EPS. Results suggest
that the relevance of the EPS is heterogeneous among products as well as countries of origin
for most fruits and vegetables. Thus, an adequate assessment of the importance of the EPS
requires not only a product-specific but also a country-specific analysis. Overall, our results
indicate that the effectiveness of the EPS is highest for the import of artichokes, courgettes,
cucumbers, lemons, plums and tomatoes. The influence of the EPS on apples, clementines
and pears is significantly lower, and of least relevance for EU imports of apricots, mandarins,
oranges, peaches and nectarines and table grapes. The EPS has the greatest effect on countries
which neighbour the EU, whereas it is of minor importance for exports from far-away
countries with the exception of China and South Africa. |
| Notes: | Replaced with revised version of paper 01/24/08. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/7114 |
| Institution/Association: | International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium>Working Papers |
| Total Pages: | 28 |
| Collections: | Working Papers
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