Implications of EU enlargement for the ACP: A discussion paper
| cg.coverage.region | ACP | en |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | en |
| cg.coverage.region | Caribbean | en |
| cg.coverage.region | Oceania | en |
| cg.place | Wageningen, The Netherlands | en |
| cg.subject.cta | MARKETING | en |
| cg.subject.cta | TRADE | en |
| dc.contributor.author | European Research Office | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-09T14:07:56Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2015-01-09T14:07:56Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52633 | |
| dc.title | Implications of EU enlargement for the ACP: A discussion paper | en |
| dcterms.abstract | Major effects of incorporation into the CAP. According to the Commission, the incorporation of the ten ACs into the EU will result in a decrease in average tariffs in the ACs from 9% to 4%. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | European Research Office. 2004. Implications of EU enlargement for the ACP: A discussion paper. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. | en |
| dcterms.description | Major effects of incorporation into the CAP. According to the Commission, the incorporation of the ten ACs into the EU will result in a decrease in average tariffs in the ACs from 9% to 4%. While this may be the case overall, in the agricultural sector, according to USDA reports, enlargement will also result in an increase in duties in some countries in certain sectors, most notably: beef, poultry meat, barley, rice, margarine, sugar, apple juice and palm oil. This increase in duties however will not affect the majority of ACP countries who export to the EU under the ‘Everything but Arms’ initiative. Equally it will have little or no impact on non-LDC ACP countries, since in many of the areas where quota restrictions are in place ACP exporters under fill their quotas, are not exporters of the affected products or have not yet penetrated the markets of ACs. In terms of enhancing trade opportunities there will be a range of agricultural products where accession to the EU will result in reduced duties, with some of these being of export interest to ACP countries (for example tobacco, groundnuts, grapefruit juice, dried fruits, dry beans, sweet corn into Hungary and wood products into the Czech Republic). However the limited marketing capacity of ACP enterprises could limit the value of these improved market opportunities. The application of stricter EU food-safety standards in ACs could equally reduce the value of any improvement in market access resulting from tariff reductions introduced as part of the enlargement process. This suggests that many ACP countries are unlikely to be well placed to exploit the larger market which the accession of ten ACs to the EU will create. According to the Commission, the incorporation of the ten ACs into the EU will result in a decrease in average tariffs in the ACs from 9% to 4%. While this may be the case overall, in the agricultural sector, according to USDA reports, enlargement will also result in an increase in duties in some countries in certain sectors, most notably: beef, poultry meat, barley, rice, margarine, sugar, apple juice and palm oil. This increase in duties however will not affect the majority of ACP countries who export to the EU under the ‘Everything but Arms’ initiative. Equally it will have little or no impact on non-LDC ACP countries, since in many of the areas where quota restrictions are in place ACP exporters under fill their quotas, are not exporters of the affected products or have not yet penetrated the markets of ACs. In terms of enhancing trade opportunities there will be a range of agricultural products where accession to the EU will result in reduced duties, with some of these being of export interest to ACP countries (for example tobacco, groundnuts, grapefruit juice, dried fruits, dry beans, sweet corn into Hungary and wood products into the Czech Republic). However the limited marketing capacity of ACP enterprises could limit the value of these improved market opportunities. The application of stricter EU food-safety standards in ACs could equally reduce the value of any improvement in market access resulting from tariff reductions introduced as part of the enlargement process. This suggests that many ACP countries are unlikely to be well placed to exploit the larger market which the accession of ten ACs to the EU will create. | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2004 | en |
| dcterms.language | en | en |
| dcterms.publisher | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en |
| dcterms.type | Working Paper | en |
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