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State Trading in Grain

In: State Trading in International Markets

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  • Alex F. Mccalla
  • Andrew Schmitz

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This chapter explores the role state trading plays in the international grain trade. Principal attention is paid to trade in temperate zone grains, namely wheat and coarse grains.1 The only significantly traded grain excluded is rice.2 The volume of grain trade has grown steadily over the post-war years. During the same period the proportion of trade in which state traders are involved as exporters, importers or both has increased. For example, in the four-year period 1973–7, more than 95 per cent of world wheat trade involved a state trader as an exporter, importer or both. Thus it is useful to examine in more detail the role that state traders play.

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  • Alex F. Mccalla & Andrew Schmitz, 1982. "State Trading in Grain," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: M. M. Kostecki (ed.), State Trading in International Markets, chapter 3, pages 55-77, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-05887-7_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05887-7_4
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    1. Langhammer, Rolf J. & Spinanger, Dean, 1984. "Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Entwicklungsländern: Chancen und Risiken," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 321, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    2. Chase Wilde, Linda & Cornell, Laurence D. & Sorenson, Vernon L. & Black, J. Roy, 1986. "World Grain Trade: An Evaluation of Factors Affecting Net Import Demand for Wheat and Coarse Grains by Selected Countries," Agricultural Economic Report Series 201358, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    3. Dixit, Praveen M. & Josling, Timothy E., 1997. "State Trading In Agriculture: An Analytical Framework," Working Papers 14608, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
    4. Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z., 2009. "Estimation of trade elasticities in the presence of trade barriers, multinationals and imperfect competition," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 53(3), pages 1-8.
    5. Thursby, Marie C. & Thursby, Jerry G., 1991. "Strategic Trade Theory and Agricultural Markets: An Application to Canadian and U.S. Wheat Exports to Japan," Occasional Papers 233062, Regional Research Project NC-194: Organization and Performance of World Food Systems.

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