- Link:
- http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10734
- Collection:
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- Subjects
- International Trade Cotton Transportation Animal Disease Outbreaks
- Creator:
- Costa, Rafael
- Contributor:
- Rosson, III, Claude Parr
- Description
- There are many factors that affect international
agricultural trade. One of them is international transportation
costs. Another important factor is non-tariff barriers such as
sanitary and phytosanitary regulations caused by animal disease
outbreaks. The main purpose of this dissertation was to analyze how
these factors interfere in the international agricultural trade by
examining three cases. In Chapter II, a spatial price equilibrium
model of the international cotton sector was utilized to evaluate
the effects of the Panama Canal expansion (PCE) on the world cotton
industry. Three scenarios were evaluated by reducing ocean freight
rates from U.S. Gulf and Atlantic ports to Asian destinations. All
scenarios suggested that cotton exports from U.S. Gulf and Atlantic
ports would considerably increase. On the other hand, the West
Coast ports decreased its participation in total U.S. cotton
exports. Overall, total U.S. cotton exports were expected to
increase due to the PCE. By using the same model which was used in
Chapter II, the third chapter analyzes port improvements in Brazil.
By March of 2012, the port of Salvador is expected to have
undergone relevant improvements. As a result, the port of Salvador
is expected to attract ocean shipping companies which are willing
to export directly to Asian importing markets. Scenarios with
different reductions in cotton export cost for this port were
examined. In general, results indicated a shift in Brazil cotton
export flows from the port of Santos to the port of Salvador as
well as an increase in exports and producer revenues for the
country. Finally, in Chapter IV, the impacts of the 2005 FMD
outbreak on the Brazilian meat market was examined. The imposition
of an import ban by Russia on Brazilian meat exports was also
investigated. By using time series methods, it was found that the
outbreak along with the import ban caused a temporary negative
price shock to the Brazilian meat market. Export pork and export
chicken prices were found to not fully recover after the removal of
the import ban by Russia. On the other hand, the export beef price
was indicated to undergo a complete recovery.
- Type
- thesis
- Type
- text
- Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- en_US
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