Potential exports and nontariff Barriers to trade: Sri Lanka National Study
Program, South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation | April 2019
Abstract
This publication explores how Sri Lanka could boost its exports by addressing nontariff barriers to trade. It focuses on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to trade, and on export products that have the potential to increase their market share in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, and Nepal. It considers options including legal reforms, the upgrade of quality standards and laboratory equipment, and institution building of accrediting bodies and conformity assessment bodies. Practical recommendations suggest ways forward for both the public and private sectors.
Citation
Program, South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation. 2019. Potential exports and nontariff Barriers to trade: Sri Lanka National Study. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/10067. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.PDF ISBN
978-92-9261-461-4
Print ISBN
978-92-9261-460-7
Keywords
Regionalism
Regional Economy
Regional Trading Arrangements
Regional Trade Integration
Regional Economic Integration
Regional Cooperation
Interregional Cooperation
Trade Disputes
Trade Barriers
Free Trade
Trade
Trade Agreements
Intraregional Trade
Government Policy
Regional Organization
Regional Plans
Economic integration
Regional Development Bank
Preferential tariffs
International negotiation
Protectionist measures
Access to markets
Economic agreements
International trade law
Regional integration
Trade relations
Exports
Economic integration
Distribution
Economic integration
Development Bank
Trade policy
Small Business
Regional economics
Regional planning
Regional disparities
Interregionalism
Regional economic disparities
Regional economic blocs
Industrial arbitration
Euro
Inflation
Business
Finance
Free trade
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