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The Impact of Catfish Imports on the U.S. Wholesale and Farm Sectors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Andrew Muhammad ,
Sammy J. Neal ,
Terrill R. Hanson  and
Keithly G. Jones
Andrew Muhammad
Affiliation:
International Demand and Trade Branch, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Washington, D.C.
Sammy J. Neal
Affiliation:
National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Columbus, Ohio
Terrill R. Hanson
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama
Keithly G. Jones
Affiliation:
Animal Products and Cost of Production Branch, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Washington, D.C.
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Abstract

The primary objective of this study was to assess the impact of catfish imports and tariffs on the U.S. catfish industry, with particular focus on the U.S. International Trade Commission ruling on Vietnam in 2003. Given the importance of Vietnam to the U.S. catfish market, it was assumed that catfish import prices would increase by 35 percent if the maximum tariff was imposed on catfish from Vietnam. With the tariff, domestic catfish prices at the wholesale level would increase by $0.06 per lb, and farm prices by $0.03 per lb. Processor sales would increase by 1.66 percent. Total welfare at the wholesale level would increase from $69.2 million to $71.7 million, an increase of about 3.63 percent, and processor and farm revenue would increase by 4.4 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively. These results represent the greatest possible benefit and suggest modest gains for the U.S. catfish industry.

Keywords

catfish importssimultaneous equationssupplydemandtariffs
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Contributed Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , October 2010 , pp. 429 - 441
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Copyright © 2010 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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