The Impact Of Japanese Green Barriers On The Agricultural Export Trade In China

Agriculture is the basis of the national economy .It is also the event which influence a country national economic. Thus, the trade of agricultural products has been the focus of attention of governments. In Japan, the agriculture has been at a disadvantage because of its demographic, geographic, economic etc. With the improvement of living standards, the agricultural products imports has been increased every year, the import structure has been adjusted constantly. What's more, the agricultural products imports has relies on some countries and regions heavily in Japan. China is the second supplier of the agricultural products of Japan. The trade of the agricultural products is important for both China and Japan. 1994-2005, the total exports of agricultural from to Japan amounted 756.9 million dollars .And the agricultural exports share is 32.34% on average, which is almost the 1/3 of the agricultural exports of China.Japan is country with a high-country agricultural protection policy. In the trend of the international development, Japan has to face the impact and threat of the society and economic. In order to protect the production and development, Japan has set up a variety of complex trade barriers. In recent years, in the trend of agricultural trade liberalization, under the pressure of the WTO members, the restrictions on trade barriers such as the tariff barriers and quantitative restrictions has been reduced in Japan. However, the agricultural protection policy in Japan hasn't been changed. Instead, Japan carry out a more highly concealed and technical policy to protect the agricultural development which named Green Barrier. It's reasonable on the surface. However, it's a unreasonable means of protection. The main form of expression is as follows: (1) The harsh legal regulations and standards. (2) commodities quarantine and inspection system.(3) product quality certification and conformity assessment procedures. (4) the methods and packaging of agricultural products marking requirements(5) the harsh punitive measures. Because of the gap in technical standards in China, exports of agricultural products of China is always in a disadvantageous position in the face of the green barrier. Especially the Agricultural chemicals in food system certainly List which Japan carried out from May 31, 2006. It involves 53862 pieces of agricultural pesticide residue limits standards. Essentially, it's a upgrade of the green Barrier of Japan. It is mainly composed of existing standards, the tentative standards, exempt material, prohibited substances and all standard. The main is the tentative standards and all standard. Through comparative analysis of the data, compared with the tentative related pesticide standards of Japan, There is still a wide gap in China. The agricultural chemicals in food system certainly List will impact the exports of agricultural products to Japan from China.The green barrier of Japan will bring some positive effects to the exports of agricultural products of China, in the meanwhile, it also brings some negative effects. In such circumstances, based on studying the content and characteristics of green barriers and analyzing the impact of green barriers to China, some countermeasure should been put forwards in order to make the trades in China develop harmoniously with the environments and accelerate the sustainable development of foreign trades, which is very important both in theory and in practice.In the thesis, as the main representative to tea, make a analysis of the Japanese green trade barriers on Chinese exports of agricultural products. Against the existing problems, We should deal with them both from the government and enterprises. On the government side: (1) To strengthen the technical cooperation with Japan, try to sign a mutual recognition of standards. (2) Improve the technical standards of agricultural products and certification system in China. (3) Improve the agricultural monitoring system. (4) Strengthen the research on the trade barriers of Japan, in order to seek a solution. (5) Consider the market risk, and improve agricultural export strategy, reduce the trade frictions and disputes. On the enterprises side: (1) Increase the scientific and technological content of agricultural products.(2)Develop the characteristics and advantages, develop green organic agricultural products. Adjust the agricultural exports to Japan according to the actual situation in the Japanese market. (4) Make greater efforts to resolve the issue of pesticide residues (5) Strengthen the management of quality and safety of agricultural production.