Study on the Impacts of Japanese Positive List System on the Chinese Frozen Vegetable Exportation

Chen Jian(International Business Faculty)
Xi Min(International Business Faculty)
Zhou Ziye(International Business Faculty)

Abstract

This paper mainly studies the Japanese policy, especially the Positive List System and Health Quarantine System, on the Chinese agricultural products exports, taking the frozen vegetable for example. The authors carry out studies on the related polices, consider the non-policy factors, making comparative analysis among the three countries: China, the USA and Thailand, utilizing trade gravity model. Finally the authors present suggestions to the breaking of the trade barriers.

Keywords

Green trade barrier; Japanese positive list system; Frozen vegetable export; Gravity model; Agricultural product trade

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26549/jfr.v1i1.599