Assessing the Impact of Non-Tariff Measures on Vietnam's Agricultural Exports to ASEAN+6 Countries

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the impacts of non-tariff measures on Vietnam's agricultural exports to the 15 remaining partners of ASEAN+6 countries during 2015-2019. In this study, non-tariff measures include sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to trade, and agricultural exports are represented specifically by the export value of fruits and vegetables. Different tests and estimation methods are employed to ensure the consistency of the research model. Estimation results from the augmented gravity model show that most of the variables are statistically significant and are consistent with the hypotheses of the research model. This study has confirmed that the mentioned non-tariff measures have a negative impact on Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports, but the negative impact of non-tariff measures is much smaller than that of non-tariff measures.