Taking Stock of the Current Research on the Impacts of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (With Particular Emphasis on the Agri-Food Sector) Based on a 444Part Literature Review Series Published by the International Trade Centre (ITC)

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver von Hagen
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Sustainability Standards

scholarly journals Structure and Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade in Agro -Food Sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Vesna Mrdalj
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Industry Trade ◽  
Unit Value ◽  
Comparative Advantages ◽  
Well Data

This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the structure and determinants of intra –industry trade specialization in agro food sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina over the transition period. The empirical analysis based on calculation of the following indicators: Grubel – Lloyd index (GL), Revealed Comparative Advantages (RCA indicator) and Relative unit value (RUV indicator). In order to show the level of intra-industry trade specialisation and to examine comparative advantages at sectoral level, as well for individual product group, are calculated Grubel – Lloyd index and RCA indicator. RUV indicator is used for analysis of two components of total intra-industry trade (TIIT); horizontal intra – industry trade (HIIT) and vertical intra- industry trade (VIIT) of agro-food products in Bosnia and Hercegovina. The analysis and calculations of above mentioned indicators are conducted using the data about international trade of agro-food products in Bosnia and Hercegovina for period of time 2008-2015, as well data at 4 – digit level, classified according to HS (Harmonised System). The final analysis in this paper is finished through applying K - means cluster analysis. K - means method was used for identificiation of different clusters of agricultural and food commodity groups related to comparative advantages, level of specialization in intra – industry trade, as well as the ratio between unit value export and unit value import. The emprical results indicated that GL index for observed period at sectoral level is lower than 50 %. The values of RCA indicator for agro-food sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina in international trade and to important trade markets indicate lack of comaparative advantages. In the structure of intra – industry trade is dominated vertical specialization.

scholarly journals The Impact of Russia’s Import Embargo on the EU Countries’ Exports

Economies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktorija Skvarciany ◽  
Daiva Jurevičienė ◽  
Silvija Vidžiūnaitė
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Political Unrest ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Political unrest inevitably has consequences for a national economy. International trade in a globalised world has great importance for countries. Unfortunately, due to various political events, countries apply some restrictions to each other. In 2014, Western countries imposed sanctions on trade with Russia, due to the annexation of Crimea. As a response, Russia announced an embargo on importing of some goods from European and North American countries, as well as Australia. The current study investigates the economic impact on EU countries due to the mentioned embargo. The EU countries were grouped according to the average for 1998–2018 exports of products to Russia using a cluster analysis. After the clustering, the gravity model was employed to develop the equations representing the international trade between each cluster and Russia. Although Russia declared an embargo on countries associated with the same group of goods, the economic impact on their economies was different. This study has a couple of limitations. The research reflects only the impact of the embargo on exports regardless of some possible indirect effects; the study assesses the export of all sectors due to limited data; and because the restrictions are applied only to the food sector, the research shows only relative changes in exports.

scholarly journals Water in Sustainable Agriculture Standards

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Cooper
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Water Requirements ◽  
Broad Term ◽  
Sustainability Standards ◽  
Water Issues ◽  
Organic Standards

This review synthesises evidence on water in sustainable agriculture standards. Sustainable agricultural standards, hereafter standards, is a broad term encompassing certification schemes, tools, and programmes. The International Trade Centre’s Sustainability Standards Map includes 166 agricultural standards . However, there is a smaller number of prominent standards that are popularly used by major retailers or for particular commodities. Two studies looking at how water is considered in standards selected smaller numbers: Morgan (2017) benchmarks 25 popular use conventional agricultural standards and organic standards, whilst Vos & Boelens (2014) selected eight prominent standards for their analysis. The evidence base for this request was limited. Whilst water is included in individual standards, there is limited research on the efficacy or impact of standards on water issues. This review identified an extremely small number of studies that either assessed or benchmarked standards’ water related requirements or the impacts of certification and water requirements on water resources.

scholarly journals Trade Liberalization: Is It Desirable for All Developing Economies?: A Literature Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Good For

Economic theory says all countries benefit from free international trade. However, does this belief tell the whole story? Can all countries indeed benefit from free trade? For instance, is it any good for developing countries? In the literature, there are many studies and some of them present ideas against free trade. In this paper, we strive to provide a brief of the literature on developing economies.

scholarly journals Review of horizontal transport decision problems in the marine intermodal terminal

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Jachimowski
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Decision Problems ◽  
Horizontal Transport ◽  
Transport Problems ◽  
Functional Areas

The article is a review of the transport problems that appear in a marine intermodal terminal. The importance of intermodal terminals has been increasing since the 1980s as a result of the development of containerized international trade. This increase in the handling of containers cause problems connected with securing adequate space for container storage or efficient usage of available terminal loading equipment such as cranes, AGVs, straddle carriers or terminal tractors with trailers. The equipment of a terminal depends mainly on the size of containers flow. The use of this equipment determine the terminal technology and work organization. That is why the classification of intermodal container terminals is presented in chapter 2. This classification was made according to different criteria. To understand transport problems, the identification of processes performed in the marine intermodal terminal is presented in chapter 3. For the purpose of research an example of an intermodal marine terminal with its individual functional areas is presented. Finally, the literature review on research conducted on the transport processes performed in the terminal are presented in chapter 4. These processes refer to quay side and land side horizontal transport operations. Additionally, the arrangement of containers at the storage yard was investigated.

A Circular Economy Perspective for Dairy Supply Chains

2021 ◽  
pp. 406-426
Author(s):  
Christina Paraskevopoulou ◽  
Dimitrios Vlachos
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Systemic Change ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
World Population ◽  
Food Sector

The environmental issues and the projected world population increase have brought into light many different terms and concepts. For over 20 years, sustainability attracts the main focus of most researchers; however, recently the concept of circular economy (CE) is considered to be its successor. CE is based on a closed loop supply chain, where waste is minimized and reintroduced into the supply chain, thus requiring a systemic change. In the agri-food sector, the CE principles have many possible applications. This chapter provides a CE perspective for the dairy supply chain by identifying and analyzing the associated technologies and strategies through a literature review taxonomy based on the related stage of the supply chain.

A Look at the Literature Review of the Impact of Industry 4.0 on the Logistics Processes of the Food Sector in Barranquilla

2021 ◽  
pp. 252-258
Author(s):  
Carolina Rangel ◽  
Jose Otero ◽  
Frency Antequera ◽  
Yuliana Bonadiez ◽  
Mary Riquett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
The Impact
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