fast pace. As part of the structural adjustment programmes of the late 1980s and early 1990s Bangladesh undertook a number of initiatives towards trade liberalisation and trade promotion to stimulate exports and encourage investment in export-oriented activities. The major objective of these reforms was removal of anti-export bias, introduction of incentives for exports and facilitation of participation in global labour market. The policies of trade liberalization were implemented through reduction of tariff rates, elimination of quantitative restrictions and reduction of tariff dispersion. The export policy during the 1990s has introduced important structural shifts in the export pattern of the country in terms of both products and markets. Liberalization. | Policy Research - Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries A Case Study for Bangladesh Fish Trade Liberalization in Bangladesh Implications of SPS Measures and Eco-Labelling for the Export-Oriented Shrimp Sector by . Fahmida Khatun Project PR 26109 July 2004 Ekindesminisierium fur wirtschaffliche Zusammecarbeit und Entwicklung Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammcnarbctt GTZ GmbH Food and Agriculture Organization FAO of the United Nations Rome This report forms part of a wider study on Policy Research - Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries comprising five trade issues background papers and five country case studies. The trade issues background papers are dealing with the following topics Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary SPS Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade TBT Ethical Social Eco Certification Labelling and Guidelines The Impact of Subsidies on Trade in Fisheries Products The Impact of Dumping on Trade in Fisheries Products Fiscal Reforms and Trade in Fisheries Products The case studies cover the following countries Bangladesh Guinea India Uganda Vietnam For a synthesis of the entire study including policy recommendations see Bostock T. Greenhalgh P. and Kleih U. 2004 Policy Research - Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries - Synthesis Report. Chatham UK Natural Resources Institute. ISBN 0 85954 560-1. Copies of the various reports are available on the following websites id 225570 projects projects htm The study was funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ and the UK s Department for International Development DFID . The views expressed in this report are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of BMZ DFID FAO or GTZ. Fish Trade Liberalization in Bangladesh Implications of SPS Measures and Eco-Labelling for the Export-Oriented Shrimp Sector CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 6 .
