Manual on Standards and Certification for Asian farmers and exporters
This manual explains the objectives, scope, advantages and constraints of a selection of voluntary private certification programmes (e.g. organic agriculture, "fair trade" and Good Practices programmes such as GlobalGAP). It is designed for Asian farmers and exporters.
This manual also gives a brief overview of the main categories of import regulations that exporters of agricultural products have to meet when they export to major markets (United States, European Union, Japan). Links to the web sites of organizations providing more details are given.
Click on the links at right to download:
- The manual in English language
- The manual in Thai language
- The manual in Bahasa (Indonesia) language
- The manual in Vietnamese language
- The manual in Chinese (Mandarin) language
- The manual in Burmese (Myanmar) language
- The manual in Bangla language
- The manual in Telugu language
- The manual in Hindi language
- The manual in Urdu language
- The manual in Farsi language
- The manual in Lao language
- Lists of certification bodies and information sources in Asian countries
If you would like to suggest other sources of information on regulations for food imports and certification, please write to Pascal Liu
