S&SEA Rice Exports: Challenges in relation with the new EU MRL

Abstract

This Country Update Note provides the views of rice exporters and government agencies in Sri Lanka on their perceptions of the issues they face in complying with EU MRL requirements. The MRL regulations effective at the time of the writing of this Note were brought into force in September 2008. The objective is to understand the challenges faced in exporting rice products in the face of these regulations, so that WTO negotiators may address these concerns.