CARICOM Export Potential to the European Union – A Feasibility Study on Voluntary Sustainability Standards

This study is part of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS)´s efforts to provide developing countries with a feasibility analysis of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) for export potential purposes, and the promotion of the sustainable export market. The outline of this study was developed by the UNFSS secretariat, under the request and consultation of its beneficiary partner, the CARICOM Regional Organization for Standardization and Quality (CROSQ).

The study has been prepared by Rodrigo Rupérez, Siti Rubiah Lambert and Niematallah Elfatih Ahmed Elamin, under the leadership of Santiago Fernández de Cordoba from the Trade Analysis Branch (TAB) of the Division on International Trade and Commodities (DITC) at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

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