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In this study, we conducted an econometric analysis of the impact of pesticide residue standards on fruit and vegetable trade, and examined whether the non-tariff barrier effect or the trade promotion effect of the pesticide residue standards has a stronger impact. The main analysis results are as follows: First, in exporting and importing countries that have adopted the negative list system, the increase in the number of individual restrictions on residual pesticides has a greater non-tariff barrier effect compared to the trade promotion effect. Second, the reduction in maximum residue limits of pesticides in exporting countries has a greater trade promotion effect compared to the non-tariff barrier effect. Considering these results from the perspective of increasing the total trade value of fruits and vegetables worldwide, the reduction policy for maximum pesticide residue limits can achieve both an increase in the total trade value and an improvement in quality. Therefore, it is better for each country to implement this policy. Additionally, the policy of increasing the number of individual restrictions on residual pesticides in countries that have adopted the negative list system has a greater non-tariff barrier effect than the trade promotion effect. Therefore, countries that have adopted the negative list system should avoid this policy.