Dairy Trade Liberalization Impacts in Canada

Abdessalem Abbassi (), Olivier Bonroy () and Jean-Philippe Gervais ()

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2008, vol. 56, issue 3, pages 313-335

Abstract: "Supply management in Canada is facing broad trade liberalization pressures. This paper uses a spatial equilibrium trade model to simulate the impacts of various trade liberalization scenarios in the Canadian dairy industry. The results critically hinge on the relationship between increased market access and the market sharing quota (MSQ) at the farm level. Two different MSQ decision rules are simulated: (i) global output at the farm level remains unchanged following liberalization; and (ii) the MSQ is reduced to support the unit production quota rent at its preliberalization level. The results show that if the MSQ is held constant following a potential compromise in the Doha Round, retail prices of fluid milk and cheese would decrease by about 5%. These price movements can be negated by a 1.4% cut in the global MSQ at the farm level. Net welfare gains in the Canadian dairy sector following market access reforms range between $48.2 and $64.2 million when evaluated at the 2003-04 world prices." Copyright (c) 2008 Canadian Agricultural Economics Society.

Date: 2008

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