ISHS Acta Horticulturae 97: VI Symposium on Horticultural Economics
IMPLICATIONS OF THE EEC ENLARGEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS |
| Author: | J. Wolf |
| Abstract:
This paper attempts to review in brief the major likely effects on world trade in horticultural products of the extension of the EEC from nine member states to twelve. In referring to horticultural produce, I wish to concentrate on fruit and vegetables and for the time being exclude the products of the ornamental and flower industries. This is for practical reasons - we in FAO are undertaking at present a study on the commodity implications of enlargement in which we take account only of fruit and vegetables - and not because of neglect of the importance of this part of the horticultural sector. Furthermore, in presenting this brief statement, I wish to mention explicitly that I am well aware of the numerous and very competent studies which have been carried out on the same subject in the last few years in France, in the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom, here in Belgium, in Spain and Greece, etc. You should therefore not expect me to present completely new vistas or arguments. In fact many of the things I have to say as a result of our analysis are identical with the findings of others. Finally, we have not yet completed our quantitative analysis which we intend to undertake for some commodities, e.g. for citrus, and thus. I can make only some qualitative statements and express some views on the likely direction of change to be expected. | |
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