¹International Economics and Trade, School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang SCI-TECH University Address: No.928 Street 2 Jianggan Development Zone, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
²Economics and Management, Zhejiang A & F University, Address: No.88 Huang Chen North Road, Linan, Zhejiang, China
³Agriculture Economic and Management, School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang A & F University Address: No.88 Huangchen North Road, Linan, Zhejiang, China 311300

*Corresponding Author E-mail: tms.sarah.co@163.com

Accepted 7th July, 2016

This paper is to analyze impacts of free trade agreements (FTAs) on China’s agricultural products, export and the influencing factors especially associated with the FTA. Based on China’s FTA network and its planning, 15 China FTA partners and 16 non-FTA partners are selected as the representatives, uses micro-founded model to measure China’s agricultural products export costs during 2002~2013. Then, use the multiple regression model to observe how FTAs impact on China’s agricultural products export through trade costs. It finds that FTA is significantly and negatively relating to China’s agricultural products export.costs. Tariff concession, trade facilitation and SPS are with the opposite influences. To accelerate and promote FTA under negotiation is very important to improve China’s agricultural products export.

Keywords:FTA; Agricultural products Export; Trade Costs; Trade Facilitation; Tariff Concession

How To Cite This Article:

Yaohan Dong, Qiner Jiang*, Lele Yuan. Impacts of FTAs on Agricultural Products Export of China. Swift Journal of Economics and International Finance 2(1), pp. 001-013.