State Trading in Grain

Alex F. Mccalla and Andrew Schmitz

Chapter 3 in State Trading in International Markets, 1982, pp 55-77 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explores the role state trading plays in the international grain trade. Principal attention is paid to trade in temperate zone grains, namely wheat and coarse grains.1 The only significantly traded grain excluded is rice.2 The volume of grain trade has grown steadily over the post-war years. During the same period the proportion of trade in which state traders are involved as exporters, importers or both has increased. For example, in the four-year period 1973–7, more than 95 per cent of world wheat trade involved a state trader as an exporter, importer or both. Thus it is useful to examine in more detail the role that state traders play.

Keywords: Private Sector; International Market; State Trading; Export Sale; Exercise Market Power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05887-7_4

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