Subtitle
finding winners products for Paraguay
Publication Name
Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias
Volume, number, page
18:1, pp.229-249
Year of Publication
2017
Organization Name
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias - Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
City
Mendoza
Country of Publication
Argentina
Full Date
2017
ISBN or ISSN
0370-4661
Considered Countries
Paraguay
Category
Academic articles
Theme
Subregion - European Union
Country - European Union
Agreements
Association Agreeements
Strategic Partnerships
Government
Business
Keyword(s)
Mercosur
European Union
Latin America
RAA
Trade indicators
Agrifood
Economic integration
Economic Agreements
Free Trade Agreements
Bilateral trade agreements
International trade agreements
Abstract
The European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) have been negotiating a Regional Association Agreement (RAA) since the mid-nineties. This paper aims to identify products at the level of sub-headings of the Harmonized System which would benefit from the signing of the agreement. The methodology used trade indicators combined with trade statistics from 2010 to 2012. A total of 61 subheadings were identified with potential to increase its exports to the EU with the agreement. At first glance they reproduced the traditional pattern of exports from the MERCOSUR countries, a high concentration in agrifood products due to high exported value of one product. When this product was not considered an important number of manufactures were identified as having potential to increase their exports to the EU. This finding showed a potential to decrease the dependence on primary or raw material exports. The paper focused on tariffs; therefore further research on non-tariff measures for market access is a must.
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