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Agricultural Export Dumping: The Case of Mexican Winter Vegetables in the U.S. Market

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  • Andrew Schmitz
  • Robert S. Firch
  • Jimmye S. Hillman

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This paper examines the 1978 agricultural dumping charge brought by Florida winter vegetable producers against Mexican growers. It discusses "fair value" in the context of three antidumping criteria: prices at home and abroad, selling below cost of production, and third-market test. The U.S. Department of Commerce found in favor of the Mexican producers by using the third-market test—a test which leads to ambiguous results. It is the authors' contention that the law should be changed so that future cases can be decided on a "normal business practice" concept, accounting for production and costing decisions unique to highly perishable products.

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  • Andrew Schmitz & Robert S. Firch & Jimmye S. Hillman, 1981. "Agricultural Export Dumping: The Case of Mexican Winter Vegetables in the U.S. Market," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 63(4), pages 645-654.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:63:y:1981:i:4:p:645-654.
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    1. Loyns, R.M.A. & Young, Linda M. & Carter, Colin A., 2000. "What Have We Learned From Cattle/Beef Disputes?," Research Discussion Papers 29238, Montana State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Trade Research Center.
    2. Kerr, William A. & Cullen, Susan E. & Sommerville, Margot F., 1986. "Trade Barriers and the Western Canadian Livestock Industry," Working Papers 243934, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
    3. Colin A. Carter & Caroline Gunning-Trant, 2010. "U.S. trade remedy law and agriculture: trade diversion and investigation effects," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 43(1), pages 97-126, February.
    4. Perdikis, Nicholas & Kerr, William A. & Hobbs, Jill E., 2000. "Can The Wto/Gatt Agreements On Sanitary And Phyto-Sanitary Measures And Technical Barriers To Trade Be Renegotiated To Accommodate Agricultural Biotechnology?," Transitions in Agbiotech: Economics of Strategy and Policy, June 24-25, 1999, Washington, D.C. 25999, Regional Research Project NE-165 Private Strategies, Public Policies, and Food System Performance.
    5. Malaga, Jaime E. & Williams, Gary W. & Fuller, Stephen W., 2001. "US-Mexico fresh vegetable trade: the effects of trade liberalization and economic growth," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 26(1), pages 45-55, October.

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