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Market Access (MA).
MA Meetings
| Date | Location | Title | M |
| 3 Oct 2007 | Geneva, Switzerland | International Symposium on Environmental Requirements and Market Access: Turning Challenges into Opportunities | More |
| 3-4 July 2006 | Geneva, Switzerland | Wrap-up Workshop of the UK-DFID-funded UNCTAD Project "Building Capacity for Improved Policy Making and Negotiation on Key Trade and Environment Issues" and Annual Session of UNCTAD's Consultative Task Force on Environmental Requirements and Market Access for Developing Countries | More |
| 8-10 Dec 2005 | Rio de Janiero, Brazil | UNCTAD/ INMETRO Sub-regional Stakeholder Meeting on EurepGAP: Opportunities and Challenges for Central and Southern America | More |
| 29-30 Nov 2005 | Manila, Philippines | EurepGAP Asia 05: Potential and challenges of EurepGAP in Asia | More |
| 25-26 Nov 2005 | Bangkok, Thailand | UNCTAD/ ITD National Workshop on Good Agricultural Practice and Benchmarking to EurepGAP | More |
| 3-4 Nov 2005 | Hanoi, VietNam | Training workshop on Environmental Requirements and Market Access for Horticultural Products | More |
| 25-27May 2005 | Bangkok, Thailand | UNCTAD-UNESCAP Workshop, Exchanging National Experiences among the Principal Exporting Developing Countries - Environmental Requirements and Market Access for Electrical and Electronic Goods, CTF | More |
| 30-31 Mar 2005 | San José, Costa Rica | Taller Regional sobre Requisitos Ambientales, Acceso a Mercado y Oportunidades para la Exportación de Productos Orgánicos Market Access, Environmental Requirements and Organic Agriculture | More |
| 2-3 Dec 2004 | Manila, Philippines | National Policy Dialogue On Horticultural Market Access Issues | More |
| 23-24 Nov Dec 2004 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | National Workshop on Environmental and Health-related Requirements and Market Access for Horticultural Products from Cambodia | More |
| 5-6 Nov 2004 | Geneva, Switzerland | 1st Meeting of the Consultative Task Force (CTF) on Environmental Requirements and Market Access for Developing Countries | More |
| 28-29 Oct 2004 | Brussels, Belgium | Workshop between developing country experts, the EC and European industry on the consultative process and impact assessment related to the proposed EU Chemicals Regulation (REACH) | More |
| 4-5 Oct 2004 | Dhaka, Bangledesh | Sub-Regional Workshop on Environmental Requirements, Market Access/Entry and Export Competitiveness in the Horticultural Sector | More |
| 29 Sept - 1 Oct 2004 | Bangkok, Thailand | Sub-regional Workshop on Environmental Requirements, Market Access/Entry and Export Competitiveness for the Horticultural sector | More |
| 27-29 April 2004 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Regional workshop on Environmental Goods and Services (EGS) and Market Access | More |
| 25-31 Mar 2004 | Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam | National training workshop on environmental requirements, market access/entry and export competitiveness for leather and footwear products from Vietnam | More |
| 18-20 Feb 2004 | Manila, Philippines | Environmental requirements and market access for exports of electrical and electronic products from China, the Philippines and Thailand | More |
| 19-21 Nov 2003 | Bangkok, Thailand | Sub-Regional Workshop on Environmental requirements, market access/penetration and export competitiveness in the Leather and Footwear Sector | More |
| 4-10 May 2003 | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | Integrated Framework Activity Promoting Exports of Organic Products | More |
| 16-17 May 2002 | Geneva, Switzerland | Standards and Trade workshop | More |
MA Coordinators
| Name | Position | Email, tel, fax |
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| Ulrich Hoffmann | Chief | ulrich.hoffmann@unctad.org | tel: +41 (0)22 917 5780 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247 |
| Andrew Stevenson | Economic Affairs Officer | andrew.stevenson@unctad.org | tel: Fax: |
The Issues
Market access is a key issue for developing countries. Developing countries have been concerned that domestic environmental policies in developed countries may adversely affect market access of products from developing countries. Producers in developing countries may lack the technical and financial ability to comply with the environmental regulations of industrialised nations.
A key concern is the extent to which environmental standards and regulations, as well as sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures in developed country markets have the potential to create barriers to trade, particularly for products exported by developing countries.
Environmental and health standards and regulations, as well as related consumer and business preferences may take several forms, such as: technical standards and regulations, product-content requirements; sanitary and phytosanitary measures; mandatory labelling; and, packaging requirements.
In the process of globalisation, such requirements may add to the difficulties many producers and exporters are already having in maintaining existing export markets or penetrating new ones. Experience shows that large producers, particularly in the relatively more advanced developing countries, generally are able to cope with such requirements. However, small and medium sized enterprises and producers in the least developed countries may face problems.
In general,
problems reported by exporters refer to issues such as:
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Lack of timely
and accurate
information;
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Lack of scientific data for specific thresholds or limit
values Inconsistent application of procedures;
- Uncertainty due to rapidly
changing environmental and sanitary requirements in overseas markets;
- Varying
standards
and regulations in different markets; and
- The costs and difficulties
of testing and verification procedures.