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Abstract
This paper follows up on an analysis published by the authors in 2015 titled, “Eroding U.S. Soybean Competitiveness and Market Shares: What is the Road Ahead?” The update examines new transportation routes that have emerged in Brazil and updates the data and analysis. Although the United States produces the largest volume of soybeans in the world, the U.S. market share of soybean world trade is declining. Using a dynamic econometric model and multivariate sensitivity analysis, export market shares' economic attributes are estimated retrospectively. This study quantifies the decline resulting from changes in ocean freight rates and the continued development of Brazil’s transportation infrastructure. The results suggest the U.S. world market share could decline an additional 12 percentage points assuming there are no significant improvements in U.S. transportation infrastructure serving the soybean supply chain, from farm to port. A decline of 1 percent in the U.S. soybean market share is equivalent to more than half a billion dollars lost in export sales; based on a world soybean trade volume of 152 million metric tons and today’s price of soybeans. Over the study period, 1992-2017, soybean market shares globally converge to an equilibrium indicating the stability of the market.