TY  - RPRT
AB  - Report Introduction:  Between 1961 and 1965, the United States exported 165 million long tons of heavy grain--corn, wheat, and soybeans.  The average value of this trade was about $2 billion annually, approximately half from wheat exports alone.  The cost of shipping grain by ocean freight has a marked influence on the competitive position of the United States in world grain markets.  Also, differences in rates affect the competitive positions of the various coasts as shipping points, and the interregional competition of the producing areas.  However, the free market nature of ocean freight rates for bulk commodities makes it difficult to obtain information on the general level of rates for grain shipments, their behavior over time, and the degree to which shipping rates from one coast affect shipping rates from the other coasts.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted this study to provide such information.  In it, the causes of rate fluctuations were explored and a general theory of rate behavior was developed.
AU  - Hutchinson, T. Q
DA  - 1968-01
DA  - 1968-01
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.313601
DO  - doi
ID  - 313601
KW  - Crop Production/Industries
KW  - International Relations/Trade
KW  - Marketing
KW  - Research Methods/Statistical Methods
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/313601/files/mrr812.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/313601/files/mrr812.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/313601/files/mrr812.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/313601/files/mrr812.pdf
N2  - Report Introduction:  Between 1961 and 1965, the United States exported 165 million long tons of heavy grain--corn, wheat, and soybeans.  The average value of this trade was about $2 billion annually, approximately half from wheat exports alone.  The cost of shipping grain by ocean freight has a marked influence on the competitive position of the United States in world grain markets.  Also, differences in rates affect the competitive positions of the various coasts as shipping points, and the interregional competition of the producing areas.  However, the free market nature of ocean freight rates for bulk commodities makes it difficult to obtain information on the general level of rates for grain shipments, their behavior over time, and the degree to which shipping rates from one coast affect shipping rates from the other coasts.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted this study to provide such information.  In it, the causes of rate fluctuations were explored and a general theory of rate behavior was developed.
PY  - 1968-01
PY  - 1968-01
T1  - Heavy Grain Exports in Voyage-Chartered Ships:  Rates and Volume  
TI  - Heavy Grain Exports in Voyage-Chartered Ships:  Rates and Volume  
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/313601/files/mrr812.pdf
Y1  - 1968-01
T2  - Marketing Research Report No. 812
ER  -