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CAP, should be reformed through the elimination of export subsidies, a decoupling of aid in relation to
volumes produced, a single payment per farm and the introduction of eco-conditionalities.

The European Union (15) is by far the leading world exporter of fruit and vegetables (35 billion $,
44% of total exports in 2001-03). It is also the leading world importer (40 billion $, 52% of total
imports), well ahead of NAFTA (19%). However, the majority of trade consists of intra-regional
movements: 82% of imports and 70% of exports for the EU. If we study the origin of produce from
outside the EU, we observe that the leading supplier to Europe is “the rest of the world”, comprising a
group of countries from Latin America (in particular Chile), Africa (in particular Côte d’Ivoire) and Asia
(in particular Thailand).

Tabl. 2: Foreign Suppliers of Fruit and Vegetable EU-15 Market

The SEMC cover only about 6% of the total European import market and 19% of extra-community
supplies totalling 2.3 billion $. The economic importance of Euro-Mediterranean trade in fruit and
vegetables is, from the point of view of the EU in its entirety, both low in relation to total trade and
concentrated in a small number of products (Emlinger et al, 2004)⁴.

The procedure adopted in this paper to estimate the impact of relaxing the EU tariff barriers in the fruit
and vegetable sector can be divided into two sections:

- section 1 which models the risks facing the European regions with a high level of fruit and
vegetable production by means of a “regional vulnerability index” (RVI);

- section 2 which attempts to measure the effects by the scenario method.

⁴ For details on the characterisation of the fruit and vegetable sector in EU, see Rastoin et al., 2006.

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