Preference Utilization and Tariff Reduction in European Union Imports from African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries

Manchin, Miriam2012-06-202012-06-202005-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8603Despite the long relationship between the European Union and the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries aimed at encouraging their exports while stimulating growth and investment, the ACP states still face difficulties in integrating into the world economy. The author examines the non-least developed ACP countries' preferential trade with the EU. Her objective is to explain the determinants of preferential exports of ACP countries toward the EU and to assess the impact of preferences on trade volumes. The author also investigates the existence of a threshold in the offered duty reduction under which traders have no incentives to ask for preferences.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE VALUEAD VALOREMADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTUREAUTONOMOUS TRADEAVERAGE TARIFFSBENEFICIARY COUNTRYBILATERAL CUMULATIONBILATERAL TRADECOOPERATION AGREEMENTSCOUNTRY TARIFFCUSTOMSCUSTOMS DUTIESDECOLONIZATIONDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDUTY REDUCTIONDUTY-FREE ENTRYECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTECONOMIES OF SCALEEMPIRICAL ANALYSISEMPIRICAL STUDIESEXPORTERSEXPORTING COUNTRYEXPORTSFREE ACCESSFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AGREEMENTSFREE TRADE AREAGDPGENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCESGRAVITY FRAMEWORKGRAVITY MODELINCOMELDCSMARKET ACCESSMETALSNON-ORIGINATING INPUTSNON-ORIGINATING MATERIALSNON-PREFERENTIAL TRADEOILORIGIN REQUIREMENTSORIGIN RULESORIGINATING MATERIALSPREFERENTIAL ACCESSPREFERENTIAL MARGINPREFERENTIAL SCHEMEPREFERENTIAL STATUSPREFERENTIAL TARIFFPREFERENTIAL TARIFFSPREFERENTIAL TRADEPREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTSPREFERENTIAL TREATMENTPRODUCERSPRODUCTION PROCESSQUOTASRECIPROCAL TRADE AGREEMENTSRECIPROCITYRULES OF ORIGINSHARE OF WORLD EXPORTSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTARIFF PREFERENCESTARIFF RATETARIFF RATESTARIFF REDUCTIONTARIFF REDUCTIONSTECHNICAL REQUIREMENTSTECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESSTRADE BARRIERSTRADE COSTSTRADE DATATRADE DEFLECTIONTRADE EXPANSIONTRADE FLOWSTRADE PARTNERTRADE PARTNERSTRADE PATTERNSTRADE POLICYTRADE POLICY INSTRUMENTSTRADE PREFERENCETRADE PREFERENCESTRADE PROTOCOLSTRADE REGIMETRADE VOLUMESTRADING PARTNERSTRANSACTION COSTSTRANSPORT COSTSVALUE OF EXPORTSVALUE OF IMPORTSWORLD TRADEPreference Utilization and Tariff Reduction in European Union Imports from African, Caribbean, and Pacific CountriesWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3688