@article{Martin:311290,
      recid = {311290},
      author = {Martin, Robert G. and Hester, O. C. },
      title = {Marketing and Pricing Puerto Rican Raw Sugar   },
      address = {1960-04},
      number = {2393-2021-1670},
      series = {Marketing Research Report No. 394},
      pages = {46},
      year = {1960},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report:  There were 32 centrals, or raw  sugar mills, in operation in Puerto Rico in 1957, owned by  22 firms.  These firms process sugarcane produced by more  than 17,000 farmers or colonos, and market the raw sugar  produced from it.  The raw sugar mills receive a share of  the sugar produced from processing sugarcane.  The colonos  may take their sugar and market it themselves; however,  most sell it to the mills, which market it.  The objective  of this study was to provide centrals with a basis for  evaluating their practices and selecting the best method of  marketing.  The study was designed (1) to describe the  market for Puerto Rican raw sugar and the economic forces  in the market which influence the marketing and pricing  practices of Puerto Rican raw sugar mills, (2) to analyze  price formation in the raw sugar market and factors  influencing the raw sugar price, (3) to examine alternative  pricing methods and the use of the spot quotation in the  average-price method of selling, and (4) to analyze raw  sugar price fluctuations and compare market prices with  prices received by Puerto Rican raw sugar mills under  particular pricing methods.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/311290},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.311290},
}