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Declining Orange Consumption in Japan: Generational Changes or Something Else?

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  • Mori, Hiroshi
  • Clason, Dennis L.
  • Ishibashi, Kimiko
  • Gorman, William D.
  • Dyck, John H.

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Japan is a leading market for U.S. oranges. Since 1995, orange consumption in Japan has declined. This report summarizes an analysis of household survey data to assess various factors that may be related to the decline. Consumption of oranges in Japan differs markedly across generations, with younger generations (cohorts) eating fewer oranges than older generations. However, within generations, as individuals in Japan grow older, they eat more oranges. On balance, the effects on consumption associated with aging and birth cohort membership are mostly offsetting. Orange prices affect consumption levels, but household income does not. Even after the analysis accounts for price and demographic variables, a strong downward trend is evident in orange consumption in Japan. Results suggest that orange consumption could decline even more in the future.

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  • Mori, Hiroshi & Clason, Dennis L. & Ishibashi, Kimiko & Gorman, William D. & Dyck, John H., 2009. "Declining Orange Consumption in Japan: Generational Changes or Something Else?," Economic Research Report 55836, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersrr:55836
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.55836
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    1. Ito, Kenzo & Dyck, John H., 2010. "Fruit Policies in Japan," Outlook Reports 92336, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Hiroshi Mori & Toshio Inaba & John Dyck, 2016. "Accounting for structural changes in demand for foods in the presence of age and cohort effects: the case of fresh fish in Japan," Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review, Springer, vol. 13(2), pages 363-379, December.

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