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Effects of Trade Policies on Competition Between Florida and Mexico in the U.S.1 Winter Cucumber Market*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

C. O. Andrew ,
Teunis DeBoon  and
W. W. McPherson
C. O. Andrew
Affiliation:
University of Florida
Teunis DeBoon
Affiliation:
Central Soya, Portugal
W. W. McPherson
Affiliation:
University of Florida
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Since the 1964 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, less developed countries (LDCs) have been united in expressing concern over their trade problems and long-run balance of payment deficits. The LDCs feel that the more developed countries (MDCs) discriminate against their products by use of tariffs. Tariff relief sought by LDCs includes reduction of tariff rates as well as effective rates applied to raw materials and semiprocessed products.

Tariff relief for LDCs means that domestic industries in the MDSs face stronger competition from those imports that are less costly to produce in other countries, For U.S. growers of winter vegetables, this competition has become intense. Several vegetables produced in Mexico compete with Florida's in the U.S, winter market.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , July 1975 , pp. 197 - 204
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1975

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1

Winter in general for this paper refers to late fall, winter, and early spring including November through mid-May.

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University of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series Number 5895.

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