The U.S. Market for Rapeseed and Rapeseed Oil

Ray S. Corkern

No 320351, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: Volume and total value of rapeseed and rapeseed oil marketed in the United States are small when compared to the total marketings of domestically produced oilseeds and vegetable oils. This is due to several factors: (1) small domestic production, (2) greater availability and lower prices for competing oils, (3) limited industrial uses, and (4) import duty and tax restrictions. Rapeseed is grown for food oil marketing in Europe and Asia but it is not processed for food in the United States. Rapeseed has three major uses as: (1) crushings of seed for oil and meal, (2) bird feeds, and (3) planting seed. Domestically-produced rapeseed contributes a minor part to the commercial market. Domestic oil mills that crush domestic and imported rapeseed supply 5 percent or less of the total rapeseed oil requirements. Factors that influence distribution and usage patterns of rapeseed oil in United States markets are: (1) rapeseed oils are limited by price-property criteria to specific end-uses; (2) manufacturers who take most of the oil require some further processing before use, such as blowing or vulcanization, and (3) production, processing, and usage of rapeseed oil involve only a few firms.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 1963-09
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/320351/files/ERS-139.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
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: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uersmp:320351

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.320351

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().