Economic evaluation of quality and taste for Japonica rice grown outside Japan: Implications to Japanese opening of the rice market and internationa trade
1994
Ito, S. (Tottori Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture) | Kobayashi, H. | Higuchi, H. | Kasahara, K.
The quality of japonica rice is extremely important in Japan. Japonica rice is being grown outside Japan; however, evaluation of those rices has not been done before. In this research, foreign japonica rices were evaluated in terms of prices relative to Japanese domestic retail prices. Based on the results, retail prices, consumer surplus, and competitiveness among the foreign rices in the Japanese market were evaluated by assuming those rices were imported. According to the results, rice produced in china are quite superior to other rices grown in the United States. Further, a 700% of tariff which was discussed in the GATT negotiation appears to be too low and too high for chinese and American rices, respectively
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