UNCTAD NTM Publications

“Non-Tariff Measures and Regional Integration in the Southern

African Development Community” (2014) presents a non-

technical summary of methodologies to assess the regulatory

distance between SADC members and the political greater

economic benefits from reducing NTMs.

Link: http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/ditctab2014d5_en.pdf

“Sand in the Wheels: Non-Tariff Measures and Regional

Integration in SADC” (2016) assesses the impacts on trade,

output, employment and incomes of reducing trade barriers by

using a global general equilibrium model and uncover the

potential of increasing national exports in SADC countries.

Link: http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/itcdtab73_en.pdf

“Deep Regional Integration and Non-Tariff Measures: A Methodology for Data Analysis” (2015) provides policymakers

and trade analysts with methods to assess the benefits of

‘deep’ regional integration with respect to non-tariff measures.

Link: http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/itcdtab71_en.pdf

“Study of Average Effects of Non-Tariff Measures on Trade

Imports” (2014) uses a frequency count of NTM on a single

product and checks whether more NTMs imposed on agri-

food products imported into European market would increase

difficulty for exporters across the world to comply with all requisites.

Link: http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/itcdtab68_en.pdf

“Non-Tariff Measures to Trade: Economic and Policy Issues for Developing Countries” (2012) seeks to inform policymakers

and trade analysts of trade issues related to non-tariff

measures, with particular attention to those more relevant for developing countries.

Link: http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/itcdtab68_en.pdf

For further information: http://unctad.org/ntm