The Uruguay Round and Net Food Importers

IMF Working Papers, December 1, 1995

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• Authors: Uwe Eiteljörge, Clinton R. Shiells
• Published: December 1, 1995
• Series: IMF Working Papers
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451926958.001

Summary

• The paper assesses incremental external financing requirements caused by changes in world food prices due to implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture for a sample of 57 developing countries.
• Analysis uses estimates of changes in food prices from previous studies and detailed data on food trade by country and commodity.
• Time horizon considered: a period of six years.

Key Quantitative Findings

• The increase in net food import costs is likely to be smaller than 4 percent of net food imports over a period of six years for the countries considered.
• For some larger trading nations, the effect may exceed US$10 million.

Subjects and Keywords (as listed)

• Subjects: Agricultural commodities, Commodities, Food imports, Food prices, Imports, International trade, Prices, Tariffs, Taxes
• Keywords include: Africa; Agricultural commodities; commodity; commodity group; commodity price projection; food; food commodity group; food export; food exporter; food import; food importer; Food imports; Food prices; importing; Imports; net food import; net food-importing; percentage terms; price; price change; price effect; Tariffs; world wheat price; WP

Publication and Format Notes

• Authors: Uwe Eiteljörge, Clinton R. Shiells
• Date: December 1, 1995
• Series: Working Paper No. 1995/143
• Pages: 43
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451926958.001

IMF Working Paper: "The Uruguay Round and Net Food Importers" (1995/143).