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SPS Needs of Developing Countries
Trade liberalization has reduced tariff
barriers, but it has exposed another layer of "behind the border"
measures, in the form of standards, which can prove just as difficult to
surmount for developing country exporters. The entry into force of the WTO
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS
Agreement) in 1995 brought to light the need for assistance to
developing countries. The Agreement itself created new challenges and
opportunities for developing countries.
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STDF country SPS briefings
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SPS information from Countries
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Other useful information
Examples of developing country
weaknesses in management of SPS standards:
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Absence of national strategy on food safety, animal and plant health and
out-dated and incomplete SPS legislation;
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Under-funded regulatory agencies lacking skilled staff, appropriate
infrastructure and adequate inspection, monitoring and certification
capabilities;
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Insufficient public-private dialogue and cooperation in standards
development, implementation, domestic enforcement and export market
strategy;
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Lack of information on export market SPS requirements in both the public
and private sector;
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Problems in securing international recognition of disease free areas of
production;
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Inability to monitor, manage and report data on plant pests and animal
diseases;
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Weak private sector technological capability and poor management of
coordinated supply-chains (especially those involving smallholders); and
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Lack of institutional capacity to engage in market access negotiations,
provide data for importing country risk assessments and to exercise rights
and obligations under the SPS Agreement.
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2009
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