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Consumers' welfare and off-season produce imports

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  • Fred Kuchler
  • Carlos Arnade

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In recent years, produce imports to the United States from the southern hemisphere made wintertime consumption common. Focusing on imports of fresh berries – strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries – this study asks what is the value to consumers of increasing the availability of berries in winter? The study adapts Hausman's new product introduction methods. The largest benefits were associated with initiating trade. Further increases suggest smaller benefits. Among the four berries, consumer benefits of initiating trade are largest for strawberries at $2.5 billion, over twice current expenditures. Further price reductions might generate further benefits of $520 million annually.

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  • Fred Kuchler & Carlos Arnade, 2016. "Consumers' welfare and off-season produce imports," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 43(4), pages 585-608.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:erevae:v:43:y:2016:i:4:p:585-608.
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    1. Amin Ullah Khan & Yousaf Ali, 2021. "Sustainable supplier selection for the cold supply chain (CSC) in the context of a developing country," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(9), pages 13135-13164, September.
    2. Heng, Yan & House, Lisa A., 2017. "Do U.S. Suppliers Benefit from South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement? The Case of Orange Juice," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 258396, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    3. Revoredo-Giha, Cesar & Dogbe, Wisdom, 2023. "An empirical analysis of the purchases of soft fruit in Scotland," 97th Annual Conference, March 27-29, 2023, Warwick University, Coventry, UK 334512, Agricultural Economics Society - AES.

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