Non agricultural market access

Non agricultural market access

Rich countries must improve market access and dismantle trade distorting agricultural subsidies.

The mission focused on increasing agricultural productivity through terracing and the construction of cisterns, and developing market access roads to increase the value of agricultural output.

Special and differential treatment remains an integral component of all trade negotiations, including agriculture and non agricultural market access.

The modalities of non agricultural market access need to address specific concerns of developing countries relating to preference erosion.

While moves by several developed and developing countries to increase market access for LDCs were welcomed, there remains substantial scope for further market access for agricultural and industrial products of export interest to LDCs.

The Doha Development Agenda (DDA) aimed to substantially reduce barriers to market access for agricultural goods, manufactured products and services.

Small and vulnerable economies should be provided greater market access in agriculture and non agricultural market access (NAMA) to enable them to participate meaningfully in the multilateral trading system to mitigate disadvantages caused by the geographical handicap and smallness of their market and economy.

In addition, the system assists farmers to access market information. The system provides agricultural knowledge and techniques on its web based platforms.

Kenya welcomed the resumption of negotiations in Geneva, and in particular the progress achieved with regard to agricultural subsidies and market access.

Market access

Market access

Some progress has been made in various areas of the negotiations agriculture, non agricultural market access, services, rules and special and differential treatment.

The post July package WTO negotiations have focused on technical specifics and parameters in the frameworks on agriculture and non agricultural market access.

The main focus of the work of the negotiating group on non agricultural market access has been on the appropriate formula for tariff cuts.

The two biggest problems are agricultural policies in rich countries huge subsides and the access of poor countries to international markets unfair market tariffs.

Item 4 Market access, market entry and competitiveness

Yet, negotiations under agriculture and non agricultural market access have proved controversial owing to differing interests between preference dependent countries and other competitive exporting countries.

C. Market access issues

A. Market access conditions

A. Market access issues

A. Improving market access

The Framework Agreement sets out five core areas that include, in addition to agriculture, market access on non agricultural products, services, development issues and trade facilitation.

In its resolution 59 221, the General Assembly called for the elaboration of non agricultural market access modalities pursuant to the non agricultural market access framework with a comprehensive product coverage and without a priori exclusions, and recalled the importance of special and differential treatment and less than full reciprocity in reduction commitments for developing countries as an integral part of the modalities.

18. Recognizes the need to address market access for developing countries, including in agriculture, services and non agricultural products, in particular those of interest to developing countries

21. Recognizes the need to address market access for developing countries, including in agriculture, services and non agricultural products, in particular those of interest to developing countries

24. Recognizes the need to address market access for developing countries, including in agriculture, services and non agricultural products, in particular those of interest to developing countries

18. Recognizes also the need to address market access for developing countries, including in agriculture, services and non agricultural products, in particular those of interest to developing countries

Bankruptcy among small agricultural producers supplying foodstuffs to the local market.

A. Market access conditions 10 20

A. Market access issues 30 36

A. Improving market access 47 53

2. Market access and entry conditions

E. Trade facilitation and market access

In addition to providing full, enhanced and stable market access for developing countries' agricultural and industrial exports, concrete steps are required to deal with market entry barriers such as product standards and regulations and sanitary and phytosanitary measures.

14. Recognizes the need to address market access for developing countries, including in respect of agriculture, services and non agricultural products, in particular those of interest to developing countries

The immediate objective of the negotiations has been to reach agreement by July 2005 on a first approximation of the full modalities on agriculture and non agricultural market access.

We need to provide better market access, including access to financial services.

(c) Access to resources, including microcredit, new technologies and agricultural input

A. Organization of cooperatives and access to agricultural credit and loans

Negotiating Group on Market Access, WTO doc.

Market access Tariffs and non tariff barriers

Market access privileges have been effective only in some cases for promoting market entry.

Market access, for instance, was an important factor.