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Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies

To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade

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Chapter 3: Analysis of Agricultural Trade Policies of OIC Member

Countries

The agricultural trade policies of the OIC member countries are analyzed in this chapter. The

chapter is organized as follows: A general overview of agricultural commodity flows at the

product section level/product division level and the three official OIC country groups is

presented in Section 3.1. Agricultural trade policy objectives pursued by the OIC countries are

discussed in Section 3.2. An overview of the measures that are commonly used by the OIC

countries to achieve cross-border and domestic policy targets, including measures that affect

imports, exports or domestic production, is presented in Section 3.3. Bilateral trade flows across

the OIC country groups/countries at the product division/product level are analyzed in Section

3.4. The aim is to identify key agricultural products whose cross-border flows between the OIC

members and third parties could potentially be diverted to boost intra-OIC trade. The main

results of the online survey that has been designed to poll various stakeholders in the OIC

countries are summarized in Section 3.5. Conclusions and lessons learned from this chapter are

collected in Section 3.6.

Figure 3. 1 Map of OIC Countries

Source: Authors’ visualizations

Note: Blue, red, and green shaded areas denote Asian group, Arab Group, and African Group OIC member

countries, respectively.

3.1. Composition and Patterns of Agricultural Trade in OIC Member

Countries

3.1.1. Overview of the agricultural trade patterns

As seen in Figure 3.1, the distribution of the 57 OIC countries covers a wide geographical area

contained by a range of countries with diverse economies. Despite its far-reaching distribution

across the world, the share of the OIC countries in global agricultural exports and imports has

been within the range of 8.5%-11.0% and 12%-15%, respectively during the last decade.

The paths of agricultural product exports and imports of the OIC in the past decade, relative to

the global volume of agricultural trade, are shown in Figures 3.2 and 3.3, respectively. Global

trade in agricultural products had moderate ups and downs during the decade, reaching its

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