1990 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
On the Japanese Sugar Policy in Relation to the Enlargement of Tax Free Corn Import Quota.
| Project/Area Number |
01560239
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Agro-economics
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| Research Institution | Kushiro Public University of Economics |
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Principal Investigator |
DOI Tokihisa Kushiro Public Univ. of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (60137388)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAWADA Manabu Obihiro Univ. of Ag. and Veterinary Med., Lecturer, 蓄産学部, 講師 (60142791)
NISHIMURA Shoichi Kushiro Public Univ. of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (70003043)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1989 – 1990
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| Keywords | Beets / Sugar cane / Sugar Price Stabilization Policy / Price Stabilization Law of Agricultural Products / Import Quota system / Starch / Corn / HFCS |
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| Research Abstract |
For the protection of sugar and sweetener production, we have Sugar Price Stabilization Policy. HFCS as a substitute for sugar rapidly increased in those two decades. As raw material of HFCS, imported corn and domestic starch which is produced from potatoes in Hokkaido and sweet potatoes in Kagoshima are also used in Japan. There is complicated economic situation in the production and consumption of sugar and sweetener. Our purpose of this study is to make clear those economic situation and to consider what kind of policy change should be made in the free trade of agricultural products in the future.
We treated the items as follows ;
1. Establishment and historical change of corn import quota system.
2. Price mechanism of starch both in the government controlled HFCS related and in free market.
3. Cost of domestic starch production in Hokkaido and Kagoshima.
4. Estimation of productivity index in beets and potatoes in Hokkaido.
5. Simulation analysis on the impact of the import-domestic rate of starch for HFCS.
Our study will be extended in the near future more widely to the problem of upland field crop production in Hokkaido from the view point of policy evaluation. The study will be carried out by extended investigators including us.
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Research Products
(6 results)
