Short-term impact of food safety standards on agri-product exports: Evidence from Japan's positive list system on Chinese vegetable exports,Journal of Agricultural Economics

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Short-term impact of food safety standards on agri-product exports: Evidence from Japan's positive list system on Chinese vegetable exports
Journal of Agricultural Economics ( IF 3.4 ) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 , DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12561
Shaosheng Jin ₁ , Baojie Ma ₂ , Yuqing Zheng ₃ , Xin Jin ₁ , Wenchao Wu ₄

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We examine the short-term impact of the Positive List System (PLS), a strict food safety standard implemented by Japan in 2006, on vegetable exports from China to Japan. By applying a difference-in-difference model to unique monthly export data at the firm-product level, we found that the PLS decreased the probability of Chinese vegetable firms exporting to Japan by 3.4%, and decreased their export quantity and value by 9.7% and 8.6%, respectively. Most of the policy impact is through a decrease in the intensive trade margin (i.e., how much to trade), rather than the extensive trade margin (i.e., whether to trade). We also found that foreign-invested enterprises and smaller enterprises are less affected than non-foreign-invested enterprises and larger enterprises. Our results alleviate the concern that stricter food safety standards may exclude many firms, especially small ones, from the export market.

更新日期：2023-07-13

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