Worldwide exports of other commodities such as tropical fruits or horticultural products have also increased significantly.

Concerns have also been expressed about very stringent MRLs recently applied in Japan on various imported horticultural products.

The horticultural sector

Recent regulations and private sector standards in the food sector present new challenges for developing country exporters of horticultural products.

In some other horticultural products, however, the gains have been moderate despite the rapid growth in import demand from Western Europe and the Near East.

While some commodity dependent countries have recently started to diversify into new agricultural and horticultural products, progress towards industrialization, especially in Africa, has been minimal.

The particular challenges faced by Kenyan SMEs in the area of distribution of horticultural products are typical of the challenges and constraints that African developing countries face in exporting.

The horticultural supply chain starts with small scale farmers, who represent 60 per cent of all horticultural production and sell their produce through intermediaries.

Altogether, Kenya apos s exports of horticultural products (including flowers) have grown since the early 1970s by 2.8 per cent a year, to reach around US 100 million in 1988.

This was organized by UNCTAD with support from Australia, Israel, the UNCTAD GATT International Trade Centre (ITC) and UNDP and it focused on policy problems affecting horticultural products, tea and cotton in South and East Africa.

In particular, aims to encourage the empowerment of women in horticultural and agricultural programmes.

The growth of the horticultural exports of Kenya was facilitated by the expansion of air freight.

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The Gambia Is Good tourism project, sponsored by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development, was aimed at supporting local producers in the marketing of their products rural women were organizing to produce high quality horticultural products, which were sold by other women in the capital area and in some cases to hotels to enhance revenue.

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Examples include natural fibres, organic agricultural products, recyclable and biodegradable products or sustainably produced forest products.

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Wood products, paper products, hides and furs, and non metallic mineral products also contribute to manufacturing totals.

Petroleum products

Print products

Print products

Finished products

Chief livestock products are dairy products, leather, meat, and wool.

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Finished products are subdivided into two basic types flat and long products.

Given the importance of the marketing arrangements in the successful expansion of horticultural exports, it is interesting to note the diversity of such arrangements.

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The EurepGAP standard, for instance, is likely to become a very important international benchmark for ensuring food safety and consistently high quality of horticultural produce.

FAO will participate in the Nordic Women in Development Fund (WID) Umbrella Project for agricultural, horticultural and animal husbandry projects involving female farmers in Afghanistan.

Marketing of agrifood products.

Leather and leather products

Fisheries and fishery products

Dissemination of intelligence products

(a) Renewable energy products

(8) Misc. manufact. products

Export of finished products

Provision of brand products

Payments for petroleum products

(d) Food and agriculture production of uncontaminated food products and products containing special additives.

HORTINET, the information service that caters to the needs of horticultural stakeholders in the Philippines, has recently also indicated its interest in joining the working group.

China is a net exporter of long products and a net importer of flat products.