Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
3 private sustainability standards (RSPO, ISCC and POIG) are required as binding obligation for preferential tariff treatment in Switzerland under CEPA (Larrea et al., 2021).
14.8 billion dollars was the base amount of export subsidies from the European Union, reducing to 9.4 billion dollars in 2000, making it the world's largest provider of such support (de Gorter, Ingco, & Ruiz, 2002, p. 4).
250% increased corn imports in Mexico between 1994 and 2006 under NAFTA framework, showing a significant increase in external dependency (Arroyo, 2009).
43% of agrifoods in CARICOM have tariffs above 15%, almost three times more than in SICA countries, except for the Dominican Republic (FAO and IDB, 2024).
Nearly 70% of the tariff universe of agri-food products enjoys a preferential tariff of zero in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago (FAO and IDB, 2024).
48% of Salvadoran imports are subject to at least one non-tariff measure, compared to only 16% of Honduran imports (Kelleher & Reyes, 2014).
