Small trade flows and preference utilisation: The case of the European Union

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-410

  Nilsson, Lars ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

developing countri; EU; preference utilisation; Small trade flows

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EUROPEAN UNION; GOODS EXCHANGE; IMPORT; MARKET CONDITIONS; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 84255196136     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2011.01309.x     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. BRENTON, P., and, MANCHIN, M., (2003). Making EU trade agreements work: The role of rules of origin. The World Economy, 26 (5): 755-769. (Pubitemid 36901493)
2. CARIS. (2010). Mid-term evaluation of the EU's generalised system of preferences, University of Sussex. Available at: [Accessed 11 November 2011].
3. GALLEZOT, J., and, BUREAU, J.-C., (2006). The Trade Effects of the EU's Everything but Arms Initiative, CEPII-INRA, Report prepared for the Commission of the European Union-DG Trade. Available at: [Accessed 11 November 2011].
4. MANCHIN, M., (2006). Preference utilisation and tariff reduction in EU imports from ACP countries. World Economy, 29 (9): 1243-1266. (Pubitemid 44350000)
5. NILSSON, L., (2002). Trading relations: Is the roadmap from Lomé to Cotonou correct? Applied Economics, 34 (4): 439-452. (Pubitemid 34103567)
6. NILSSON, L., (2011a). European Union preferential trading arrangements: Evolution, content and use. In, L. Salvatici, and, L. De Benedictis, (eds), The Trade Impact of European Union Preferential Policies: An Analysis through Gravity Models. Heidelberg: Springer Publishers, 15-36.
7. NILSSON, L., (2011b). Principles of EU imports, tariffs and tariff regimes. Journal of World Trade, 45 (4): 821-835.
8. NILSSON, L., and, MATSSON, N., (2008). Truths and myths about the openness of EU trade policy and the use of EU trade preferences, European Commission, DG Trade, Mimeo. Available at: [Accessed 11 November 2011].
9. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2005). Preferential Trading Arrangements in Agricultural and Food Markets: The Case of the European Union and the United States. Paris: OECD.
10. PAPKE, L. E., and, WOOLDRIDGE, J. M., (1996). Econometric methods for fractional response variables with an application to 401(K) plan participation rates. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 11 (6): 619-632.
11. PERSSON, M., and, WILHELMSSON, F., (2007). Assessing the effects of EU trade preferences for developing countries. In, Y. Bourdet, J. Gullstrand, and, K. Olofsdotter, (eds), The European Union and Developing Countries: Trade, Aid, and Growth in an Integrated World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 29-48.
12. WTO. (2007). Ad Valorem Equivalents (AVEs) of Scheduled Final Bound Agricultural Tariffs, JOB(07)/192, Committee on Agriculture Special Session. Note by the Secretariat, November.