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Cost of Packaging Material for Farm Foods

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  • Eley, Cleveland P.

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Packaging material costs for U.S. produced farm foods were $8.8 billion for 1970. This was nearly 9 percent of the money consumers paid for these foods. Average annual growth rate in packaging material costs has been over 5 percent since 1958 versus about 4 ½ percent for all food marketing costs. Price increases for packaging materials were relatively steady from 1958 to 1969, averaging about 1 percent annually, but they increased dramatically from 1969 to 1970, some as much as 8 ½ percent. Paper products account for 42 percent of food packaging material costs; metal containers, 22 percent and glass containers 9 percent.

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  • Eley, Cleveland P., 1971. "Cost of Packaging Material for Farm Foods," Miscellaneous Publications 324025, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersmp:324025
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.324025
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    Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing;

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