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| Title: | Impacts of Soybean Imports on Indian Processors, Farmers, and Consumers |
| Authors: | Persaud, Suresh Chand
Dohlman, Erik |
| Keywords: | India
oilseeds
processing cost
soybeans
trade liberalization |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Abstract: | India is one of the world’s largest importers of vegetable oils in part because of
low domestic oilseed production, and tariff and nontariff barriers preventing
oilseed imports. Simulation results indicate that India could lower its barriers to
soybean imports without adversely affecting farmers, since imports are economically attractive to crushers even when subject to modest tariffs which sustain
pre-liberalization farm and wholesale prices. Soybean processors in India achieve
higher rates of capacity utilization and lower unit costs using imported oilseeds.
Moreover, it is possible to partially redistribute to consumers the sizable gains
processors experience by lowering the soybean oil tariff. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/62276 |
| Identifiers: | 0738-8950 |
| Institution/Association: | Journal of Agribusiness>Volume 24, Number 2, Fall 2006 |
| Total Pages: | 16 |
| From Page: | 171 |
| To Page: | 186 |
| Collections: | Volume 24, Number 2, Fall 2006
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