Dairy Food Consumption, Production, and Policy in Japan

Isabelle Schluep Campo and John Beghin ()

Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) Publications from Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at Iowa State University

Abstract: We explore and investigate Japanese dairy markets. We first provide an overview of consumer demand and how it evolved after World War II. Using historical data and econometric estimates of Japanese dairy demand, we identify economic, cultural, and demographic forces that have been shaping consumption patterns. Then we summarize the characteristics of Japanese milk production and dairy processing and policies affecting them. We next describe the import regime and trade flows in dairy products. The analysis of the regulatory system of the dairy sector shows how its incentive structure affects the long-term prospects of various segments of the industry. The paper concludes with policy recommendations of how to reform the Japanese dairy sector.

Keywords: consumption; dairy; Japan; milk; policy; trade. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-sea
Date: 2005-08
View list of references View citations in EconPapers

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.card.iastate.edu/publications/DBS/PDFFiles/05wp401.pdf Full Text (application/pdf)
http://www.card.iastate.edu/publications/synopsis.aspx?id=785 Online Synopsis (text/html)

Related works:
Working Paper: Dairy Food Consumption, Production, and Policy in Japan (2005)
Working Paper: Dairy Food Consumption, Production, and Policy in Japan (2005)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ias:fpaper:05-wp401

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) Publications from Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at Iowa State University
Contact information at EDIRC.
Series data maintained by ().