Study period

Regional coverage

NTM measure

Methodology

Findings

Reference

1970-2005

Developing, developed, OECD

Imported-related NTMs

Gravity model

Developing countries are negatively affected much by NTMs than developed countries

Carrere et al. (2009)

1991-2002

Developing

SPS

Case study

Some developing countries, such as India, have to close down their plants due to the more stringent standards whilst they had to look for other alternative markets

Mehta and George (2003)

1996-2010

Developing, developed

SPS

The gravity model

SPS measures constitute barriers to agricultural and food trade consistently to all exporters

Pramila and Jasmin (2016)

1996-2013

Developing

SPS, TBT

VARMA(X) and intervention models

NTMs reduce agri-food trade volume in Africa

Liu et al. (2019)

1997-2015

Developing, developed

Imported-related NTMs

The gravity model

NTMs have become an even more dominant source of trade protection

Niu et al. (2018)

1998-2006

Developing, developed

TBT

The modified two-stage gravity model

TBT tends to result in the decline of China’s imports, which are closely linked to the exporting country’s economic development level

Bao (2014)

2001

Developing, developed

SPS, TBT

The gravity model

Environmental-related NTMs used for protectionist causes

Fontagné et al. (2005)

2001-2003

Developing, developed

Imported-related NTBs

The general equilibrium model

The impact of NTBs on trade flows similar to tariffs

Kee et al. (2009)

2001-2006

Developed

Imported-related NTMs

The gravity model and a partial equilibrium model

Negative impacts of NTMs on imports of crustaceans

Disdier and Marette (2010)

2001-2014

China and its trading partners

Imported-related NTMs

The gravity model

Non-technical NTMs are particularly stringent for final goods

Timini and Conesa (2019)

2002-2015

China, Japan, and Korea

SPS, TBT

The inventory approach

From a coverage ratio perspective, Chinese TBT measures reduce Japan and Korea’s manufacturing and total exports as a whole

Wood et al. (2019)

2004

European countries, developing countries and OECD

SPS, TBT

The gravity model and the inventory approach

NTMs significantly reduce developing countries’ exports to OECD countries, and European imports are more negatively influenced by SPS and TBTs than imports of other OECD countries

Disdier et al. (2008)

2010-2012

Developing, developed

SPS, TBT

Market analysis

NTMs used for protectionist causes

Hermelink and Knebel (2012)

2014

Malaysia and its trading partners

Imported-related NTMs

Questionnaire and survey

NTMs, especially technical NTMs, are perceived to be stringent and pose challenges to small and medium firms, resource based firms and firms with less exposure to international markets

Sithamparam, Devadason and Chenayah (2017)

2017

22 papers (16 published in peer-reviewed journals, six from grey literature), 271 observations (point estimates of trade effects of NTMs), and 256 estimated t-statistics

Imported-related NTMs

A meta-analytical approach

NTMs have the trade-impeding effects

Santeramo and Lamonaca (2019)