Technical requirements, regional integration and business responses: The cases of blueberries and agricultural machinery in Argentina

The increasing prevalence of public and private technical requirements for the commercialization of goods imposes challenges for Latin American firms that seek to export, with a potential impact on the region international insertion and on intra-regional trade. We conduct two case studies in Argenti...

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Autores principales: Hallak, Juan Carlos, González, Andrea, Scattolo, Gabriel, Tacsir, Andrés
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Publicado: Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política (IIEP UBA-CONICET) 2023
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spelling I28-R145-2613_oai2025-02-11 Hallak, Juan Carlos González, Andrea Scattolo, Gabriel Tacsir, Andrés 2023-02-07 The increasing prevalence of public and private technical requirements for the commercialization of goods imposes challenges for Latin American firms that seek to export, with a potential impact on the region international insertion and on intra-regional trade. We conduct two case studies in Argentina in the blueberries and agricultural machinery sectors. We describe the technical requirements imposed by countries in the region and by some of the main developed countries. We also analyze the challenges firms face and the strategies they use to comply with these requirements. Finally, we discuss vacancy areas for public policy. We find that technical requirements are not an unsurmountable barrier for firms that decide to comply. Nevertheless, there is an important role for public policy facilitating that firms, particularly smaller ones, are aware of and can comply with the requirements effectively and inexpensively. La creciente prevalencia de requisitos técnicos, públicos y privados, para la comercialización de bienes impone desafíos a las empresas de América Latina que buscan exportar, con potencial efecto sobre la inserción internacional de la región y su comercio intrarregional. Realizamos dos estudios de caso en Argentina en los sectores de arándanos y maquinaria agrícola. Describimos los requisitos técnicos impuestos por países de la región y algunos de los principales países desarrollados, a la vez que analizamos los desafíos que implica su cumplimiento para las empresas de la región y las estrategias que emplean para superarlos. Finalmente, discutimos áreas de vacancia para la política pública. Encontramos que los requisitos técnicos no son una barrera infranqueable para las empresas que deciden cumplirlos. De todas formas, la política pública tiene un rol importante para facilitar que las empresas, particularmente las más pequeñas, los conozcan y puedan cumplimentarlos en forma efectiva y poco costosa. application/pdf https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/DT-IIEP/article/view/2613 spa Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política (IIEP UBA-CONICET) https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/DT-IIEP/article/view/2613/3368 Derechos de autor 2023 Documentos de trabajo del Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política Documentos de trabajo del Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política; Núm. 59 (2021): Requisitos técnicos, integración regional y respuestas empresariales: los casos de arándanos y maquinaria agrícola en Argentina Working Papers series at Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política; No. 59 (2021): Technical requirements, regional integration and business responses 2451-5728 Requisitos técnicos Integración comercial Latinoamérica Arándanos Maquinaria agrícola Technical requirements Economic integration Latin America Blueberries Agricultural machinery Technical requirements, regional integration and business responses: The cases of blueberries and agricultural machinery in Argentina Requisitos técnicos, integración regional y respuestas empresariales: Los casos de arándanos y maquinaria agrícola en Argentina info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=dociiep&d=2613_oai
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topic Requisitos técnicos
Integración comercial
Latinoamérica
Arándanos
Maquinaria agrícola
Technical requirements
Economic integration
Latin America
Blueberries
Agricultural machinery
spellingShingle Requisitos técnicos
Integración comercial
Latinoamérica
Arándanos
Maquinaria agrícola
Technical requirements
Economic integration
Latin America
Blueberries
Agricultural machinery
Hallak, Juan Carlos
González, Andrea
Scattolo, Gabriel
Tacsir, Andrés
Technical requirements, regional integration and business responses: The cases of blueberries and agricultural machinery in Argentina
topic_facet Requisitos técnicos
Integración comercial
Latinoamérica
Arándanos
Maquinaria agrícola
Technical requirements
Economic integration
Latin America
Blueberries
Agricultural machinery
description The increasing prevalence of public and private technical requirements for the commercialization of goods imposes challenges for Latin American firms that seek to export, with a potential impact on the region international insertion and on intra-regional trade. We conduct two case studies in Argentina in the blueberries and agricultural machinery sectors. We describe the technical requirements imposed by countries in the region and by some of the main developed countries. We also analyze the challenges firms face and the strategies they use to comply with these requirements. Finally, we discuss vacancy areas for public policy. We find that technical requirements are not an unsurmountable barrier for firms that decide to comply. Nevertheless, there is an important role for public policy facilitating that firms, particularly smaller ones, are aware of and can comply with the requirements effectively and inexpensively.
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author Hallak, Juan Carlos
González, Andrea
Scattolo, Gabriel
Tacsir, Andrés
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Scattolo, Gabriel
Tacsir, Andrés
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title Technical requirements, regional integration and business responses: The cases of blueberries and agricultural machinery in Argentina
title_short Technical requirements, regional integration and business responses: The cases of blueberries and agricultural machinery in Argentina
title_full Technical requirements, regional integration and business responses: The cases of blueberries and agricultural machinery in Argentina
title_fullStr Technical requirements, regional integration and business responses: The cases of blueberries and agricultural machinery in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Technical requirements, regional integration and business responses: The cases of blueberries and agricultural machinery in Argentina
title_sort technical requirements, regional integration and business responses: the cases of blueberries and agricultural machinery in argentina
publisher Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política (IIEP UBA-CONICET)
publishDate 2023
url https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/DT-IIEP/article/view/2613
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