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Implications of Dairy Imports: The Case of Milk Protein Concentrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Kenneth W. Bailey
Kenneth W. Bailey*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
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Abstract

Imports of milk protein concentrates (MPCs) are increasingly entering the United States with minimal trade restrictions. MPC is a general reference to a dried protein product derived from milk using a technology known as “ultra filtration.” Two questions are addressed in this article. First, did the combination of relaxed import restrictions, low world prices for protein, and relatively high domestic support levels for nonfat dry milk encourage imports of MPCs? Second, did increased imports of MPC displace domestic use of nonfat dry milk and thereby increase government purchases under the dairy price support program? This study has implications for U.S. trade policy.

Keywords

dairy importsmilk protein concentratesprice supports
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , October 2002 , pp. 248 - 259
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Copyright © 2002 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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