Reports
Discussion Papers
No.642 Effects of Standards on Tea Exports from Developing Countries: Comparison of China and Sri Lanka
by Lei LEI
April 2017
ABSTRACT
Food
safety
standards
have
become
stricter
and
are
currently
major
barriers
in
the
international
agri-food
trade.
These
standards
negatively
affect
developing
countries
exports
to
markets
in
developed
countries.
We
use
tea
exports
from
two
major
tea
exporting
developing
countries,
China
and
Sri
Lanka,
as
an
example
to
discuss
the
effects
of
standards
on
their
tea
supply
chains.
China
and
Sri
Lanka
share
some
similar
characteristics
in
tea
production
and
exports.
First,
we
conduct
a
general
comparison
between
the
two
countries'
tea
exports
based
on
port
rejection
data
from
UNIDO,
and
then
we
provide
a
detailed
supply
chain
analysis.
Finally,
we
summarize
our
work
and
discuss
the
policy
implications.
Keywords: Standards,
Tea,
Exports,
Supply
Chain
JEL
classification: O10,
Q13,
Q17
PDF available at http://hdl.handle.net/2344/00048856
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