This report also includes a comprehensive overview of
organic equivalency arrangements in the world and their impacts on organic trade.
U.S. and Korean officials developed
an organic equivalency arrangement to help eliminate trade barriers since changes in Korea's regulations closed the market to U.S. organic exports last year.
Questions and answers about exportation and importation under
organic equivalency recognition between Canada and Japan (Provisional Translation).
This summer, Canada entered into
an organic equivalency arrangement with the European Union as well.
A new report released by the Organic Trade Association shows that
organic equivalency arrangements have significantly boosted overseas business for U.S. organic.
Recent
organic equivalency arrangements signed with South Korea (2014) and Switzerland (2015) were not included due to insufficient data.
Conducted by Dr. Edward Jaenicke, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at Penn State University, the study for the first time singles out
organic equivalency policy to scientifically evaluate whether the policy is having its intended results.
The report looks at
organic equivalency arrangements between the U.S. and Canada (implemented in 2009), the EU (2012), Japan (2014) and Taiwan (2009).
Not exact matches
Mr. Mergen is responsible for facilitating importation and exportation of
organic agricultural products and works towards
equivalency among countries.
The
Equivalency Agreement is a trade agreement between the U.S and Canada that recognizes a common approach to
organic agricultural production.
Under the
Equivalency Agreement, the CFIA will recognize imported
organic food, livestock and crops produced according to U.S.
organic standards by USDA - accredited certifying bodies under the NOP.
Australian Certified
Organic (ACO) recently announced an
equivalency agreement with Switzerland, an addition to the many other countries that ACO certified exporters have easy access to, giving clients access to more markets than any other
organic certifying group in Australia.
Under the Canada - EU
Equivalency Arrangement, Canadian
organic products with all their ingredients grown in Canada may enter the EU market.
The national
organic standard in Australia has an
equivalency agreement for plant and plant processed products; however because ACO has its own standard, which is stricter, ACO certified products like wine and livestock can also now be exported to Switzerland.
We can also help companies that want to export
organic products to Japan and Korea via the country's respective
equivalency agreements.
IFOAM Accreditation facilitates
equivalency of
organic certification bodies worldwide by confirming whether they meet IFOAM's international norms.
Australian Certified
Organic has an
equivalency agreement with the EU, making it easier for its clients to export
organic into its countries.
To access the Japanese
organic market, U.S. and Canadian processors, producers and repackers can ship their certified
organic products to Japan under the U.S. - Japan
Equivalency Arrangement or the Canada - Japan
Equivalency Arrangement, or they can become certified under the Japan Agriculture Standard (JAS).
San Diego, Calif., USA and Nundah, Queensland, Australia (July 11, 2014)-- The recently announced U.S. — Korea
Organic Equivalency Agreement allows
organic processed products certified in Korea or the U.S. to be sold as
organic in either country.
The
equivalency agreement covers processed products containing at least 95 percent
organic ingredients that were processed in either country.
We are very happy to work with QAI to assist operators with trade of
organic products not covered under the U.S. — Korea
Organic Equivalency Arrangement.»
With the recent signing of the U.S. — Korea
Organic Equivalency Agreement, the partnership will help farmers, processors and distributors expand their market for
organic food and contribute to the growth of the
organic industry.»