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Is There Policy Space To Protect South African Agriculture?

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  • Ron Sandrey
  • Mohammad Karaan
  • Nick Vink

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The aim of this paper is to assess the amount of “policy space” available to increase tariff protection in South African agriculture. To this end, formal definitions for agricultural produce, actual import data, applied tariff data and bound tariff rates and tariff quota information were used to investigate the extent to which it is possible and feasible to increase tariffs. The analysis shows that in general the policy space available to South African agriculture is limited because of, among others, WTO binding and treaty obligations under the EU and SADC agreements. Furthermore, it does not make policy sense to increase protection on most other products.

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  • Ron Sandrey & Mohammad Karaan & Nick Vink, 2008. "Is There Policy Space To Protect South African Agriculture?," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 76(1), pages 89-103, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:sajeco:v:76:y:2008:i:1:p:89-103
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00155.x
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    1. Stender, Frederik & Vogel, Tim, 2021. "Murky trade waters: Regional tariff commitments and non-tariff measures in Africa," IDOS Discussion Papers 13/2021, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
    2. Shingie Chisoro & Simon Roberts, 2024. "Grower Power for Value Creation in High-Value Horticulture? The Case of Citrus in South Africa," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 36(1), pages 1-24, February.

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