The Competitive Position of U. S. Farm Products in the Japanese Market (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Competitive Position of U. S. Farm Products in the Japanese Market (Classic Reprint) written by Hughes Hudson Spurlock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Competitive Position of U. S. Farm Products in the Japanese Market Several factors influence the quantities, types, and quality of farm products that Japan can and will buy. Population growth is adding nearly 1 million persons annually to the consumer market. Incomes are rising year after year. Land suitable for expanding cultivation is limited, and opportunities for expansion have beenwidely exploited. The expected increases in food and fiber require ments of the future will be met largely by imports. Rapid gains in consumer purchasing power are not only in creasing demand but are also shifting demand from the cheaper starchy foods to the more expensive foods, such as meat, milk, eggs, and fruits. A policy of producing rather than importing many livestock products is booming the demand for feed grains and other ingredients that go into livestock feeds. The costs of producing farm products in Japan are high. Japanese farmers, however, receive Government subsidies paid primarily as price supports on commodities for which domestic demand is strong and increasing. As a corollary to high support prices, the domestic market is protected by nontariff and, to a lesser extent, tariff barriers. Progress toward liberalization of import controls has eased the problem of getting foreign supplies into Japan generally, but not for many of the price-supported items. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.