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Sanitary And Phytosanitary Electronic Certificates: Current Practices and Benefits

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  • Edith Laget
  • Annelies Deuss

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The digitalisation of agricultural trade via electronic Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) certificates is a crucial tool to reduce trade costs, enhance supply chain efficiency, and to ensure safe trade. Building on OECD research, this report examines the current use and impact of SPS e-certification. Gravity model analysis demonstrates that SPS e-certification significantly boosts trade. Counterfactual estimates reveal it helped averting a reduction in trade by 33% in the meat processing sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. Challenges remain, however, in the implementation and adoption of SPS e-certification due primarily to the legal complexities and financial constraints governments face, as well as resistance to change. Developing countries face additional obstacles created by the digital divide. This report highlights the critical importance of interoperability between systems and the availability of data to fully realise the benefits of SPS e-certification.

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  • Edith Laget & Annelies Deuss, 2025. "Sanitary And Phytosanitary Electronic Certificates: Current Practices and Benefits," OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers 219, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:agraaa:219-en
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    Keywords

    Agriculture and food standards; Border efficiency; Gravity estimation; Paperless trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F53 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • Q17 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agriculture in International Trade
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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