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Import Demands For U.S. Fresh Grapefruit: Effect Of U.S. Promotion Programs And Trade Policies Of Importing Nations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2016

Stephen Fuller ,
Haruna Bello  and
Oral Capps Jr.
Stephen Fuller
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
Haruna Bello
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
Oral Capps Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
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Abstract

This study estimated import demands for U.S. fresh grapefruit in Japan, France, Canada, and the Netherlands. Historically, these nations have imported about 90 percent of U.S. grapefruit exports. Four import demand functions were specified and estimated by joint generalized least squares based on the sample period 19691 to 1988IV. Results show that U.S. FOB price, per capita income of importing countries, exchange rates, price of substitutes, U.S. grapefruit promotion programs, and removal of trade restrictions have had an important effect on U.S. fresh grapefruit exports. Analyses suggest that U.S. producers can effectively promote fresh grapefruit in foreign markets, and that trade concessions have an important influence on grapefruit exports.

Keywords

grapefruitimport demandspromotion programs
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Articles
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 251 - 260
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1992

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