The Economic Impact of Export Restrictions on Raw Materials
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD trade policy studies; OECD Trade Policy Studies
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9789264096448
Subjects: Business; Commerce
Description: Export restrictions on raw materials are applied to achieve a number of policy objectives. However, they can have a significant and negative impact on the efficient allocation of resources, international trade, and the competitiveness and development of industries in both exporting and importing countries.   By diverting exports to domestic markets, export restrictions raise prices for foreign consumers and importers. At the same time, by reducing domestic prices in the applying countries and increasing global uncertainty concerning future prices, export restrictions negatively affect investment, thus potentially reducing the overall supply of raw materials in the long term. In view of existing alternative policy tools that have a different impact on trade, the effectiveness of export restrictions to achieve stated policy objectives should be carefully reviewed.   This publication presents a selection of papers discussed at the OECD Workshop on Raw Materials, held in Paris in October 2009. This workshop was organised in response to the growing concern on the use of export restrictions on raw materials, particularly by emerging economies.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Acronyms; title: Executive Summary; title: Recent Trends in Export Restrictions on Raw Materials; title: The Economics of Export Taxes in the Context of Food Security; title: Export Barriers and the Steel Industry; title: Export Restrictions on Strategic Raw Materials and Their Impact on Trade and Global Supply; title: The Economic Impact of Export Restraints on Russian Natural Gas and Raw Timber; title: Increasing Demand For and Restricted Supply of Raw Materials.