As an illustration, Mohanty (2007) states that establishing a moderately-sized laboratory in India for testing and analyzing samples of spices costs approximately 4 million Indian rupees (USD 88 000), while compliance costs range from 5 to 15% of the fob value of agricultural products in general. In Thailand compliance costs for a substantial number of firms can reach up to 5% of sales; in the case of a few firms, it exceeds 15% of total sales. Those companies often lack the internal capacity and the economies of scale to establish effective quality assurance and traceability systems (Giovannucci and Purcell, 2008).