Effect Of MRLs On The Export Of Chinese Fruits And Vegetables From The Perspective Of Standard Differences

Since China entered WTO,China’s fruit and vegetable industry has been developing rapidly with the advantage of low labor cost.With the overall trade deficit of China’s agricultural products increasing,the export trade of fruits and vegetables has always maintained a high trade surplus,which plays a major role in advancing Chinese agricultural products export trade and improving farmers’ income.However,it is necessary to see that China’s fruit and vegetable production technology is still in a weak position in the world,and the rapid expansion of fruit and vegetable industry is at the cost of higher pesticide investment.As a result,the problem of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables is becoming more and more serious,and the product quality is gradually declining.With the rise of non-technical trade barriers represented by the maximum pesticide residue limit standards,China’s low-quality fruit and vegetable products export has been rejected,deducted,and returned,and the losses of domestic related subjects are serious.Although China continues to improve and perfect the pesticide residue limit standards in the production of fruits and vegetables according to its own agricultural situation,in comparison with the importing country(mainly developed countries),the regulatory level is low as before,and the export growth of fruits and vegetables is still weak.However,the existing research still stays in the comparative analysis of China and CAC standards,or the comparison between China and the main export target market of some kind of pesticide regulation level.On the one hand,this analysis can not reflect the difference of the real pesticide maximum residue standard between China and the export destination country,On the other hand,the general mechanism and law of the impact of the differences and strictness of the standard coverage on the export trade of agricultural products can not be revealed.In view of this,this paper,based on the difference of pesticide maximum residue limit standards,studies the influence of the difference of standards’ strictness and coverage on the export of fruits and vegetables in China.It not only enriches the research system of the influence of the existing pesticide maximum residue standards on the export of agricultural products,but also helps to clarify the way of rasing the quality and competitiveness of fruits and vegetables products in China.This paper selects the maximum pesticide residue standard data and trade data of fruits and vegetables products in China and the main export target markets from 2009 to2019.The paper calculates the difference of the strictness and coverage of the standards of China and the main export target markets by I index and Num index.The extended gravity model is used in this paper to figurt out the difference dimensions of the two standards for the export of Chinese fruits and vegetables products influence.In order to ensure the dependability of the benchmark regression results,the heterogeneity between export products and target markets is considered in this paper.The results reflect that the difference of the strictness of the standards and the expansion of the coverage between China and the main export target markets will significantly hinder the export volume of fruits and vegetables products.That is,compared with the target market,the looser the standard of agricultural residue and the narrower the coverage,the more difficult it is to export fruits and vegetables products smoothly.In addition,the study also confirmed that the export trade of fruits and vegetables was mainly affected by the differences of current standards between the two sides.In order to promote the competitive edge of fruits and vegetables products and advance export trade,the paper offers the following policy recommendations on account of the research conclusion: first,the government should pay close attention to the following agricultural residue standards in the target market of export,further improve the construction of the maximum pesticide residue standard in China;second,enterprises should advocate the use of low-risk biological pesticides to realize green natural fruits and vegetables products.