Most industries which have any significant exports will aim to have their products comply with all requirements in all markets they are exporting to. Generally there is less to be gained by setting up seperate production for each market, even if some of them have more lax requirements, than there is by having one system which can address all markets (this breaks down if there are mutually exclusive requirements, which can cause a lot of pain).

A five-hundred million person first-world market on their doorstep.

If you want your business to say no to that, go ahead - by all means. Most businesses won't, though.