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Trade Liberalisation, Efficiency and South Africa's Sugar Industry

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  • Scott McDonald

    () (Department of Economics, The University of Sheffield)

  • Cecilia Punt

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This paper reports the results of a computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis of the South African sugar industry. The study was inspired by analyses of the EU South Africa Free Trade Agreement that indicated the importance of sugar exports to the welfare gains from agricultural trade liberalisation and by the increasing pressure upon OECD countries to reform their sugar (trade) policies. In addition to the effects of trade liberalisation this study also considers the implications of increases in the efficiency with which sugarcane is converted to raw sugar, which is an important determinant of the competitiveness of sugar production and exports. The results indicate that there would be substantial welfare gains across all household groups and that overall agricultural producers in South Africa should benefit; however there are substantial variations in the impact upon agricultural producers in different provinces, with farmers in some provinces facing reductions in the profitability of farming.

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Paper provided by The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 2004012.

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Length: 29 pages
Date of creation: Aug 2004
Date of revision: Aug 2004
Handle: RePEc:shf:wpaper:2004012

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Keywords: Sugar; South Africa; Computable General Equilibrium; Trade.;

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  1. John C. Beghin & Ataman Aksoy, 2003. "Agricultural Trade and the Doha Round: Lessons from Commodity Studies," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 03-bp42, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
  2. Michael Matsebula, 2001. "Key Issues facing Sugar Industries in the Southern African Development Community," Working Papers 01050, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.
  3. Mitchell, Donald, 2004. "Sugar policies opportunity for change," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3222, The World Bank.
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  1. Margaret Chitiga & Tonia Kandiero & Phindile Ngwenya, 2008. "Working Paper 95 - Agricultural Trade Policy Reform in South Africa," Working Paper Series 230, African Development Bank.
  2. Chitiga, Margaret & Kandiero, Tonia & Ngwenya, P., 2008. "Agricultural trade policy reform in South Africa," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 47(1), March.

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