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An Examination Of U.S. Rice Export Promotion Programs, Yiqian Wang
An Examination Of U.S. Rice Export Promotion Programs, Yiqian Wang
LSU Master's Theses
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA/FAS) administers two primary promotion programs for rice exports: the Foreign Market Development Program (FMDP) and the Market Access Program (MAP). Based on the literature, a single equation framework is specified to estimate the rice import demand model. Three major U.S. rice importing countries are selected: Mexico, Costa Rica, and Honduras. Single equation analysis methods are applied. The effectiveness of the two programs for rice exports to the Latin American markets is evaluated. Promotion programs and the competitors’ exchange rate as primary explanatory variables for the U.S. rice import demand in …