Grains in China: Foodgrain, Feedgrain, and World Trade
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The trends in China's grain production, consumption, and trade since 1990 are reviewed, with special emphasis on the growth of the feed grain sector and the likely implications of this on the international grain trade. Subjects include: (1) developments in China's grain policies; (2) rural food grain consumption; (3) urban food grain consumption; (4) animal product consumption; (4) feed grain production and consumption; (5) projecting China's feed grain demand and supply; (6) recent trends in China's grain trade; (7) regional feed grain demand, supply, and trade flows after the accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO); (8) China's future grain demand and international trade reforms; and (9) feed grain demand and implications for food grain consumption and trade. From 1990 until 2003, in only 4 out of 14 years, China was a net importer of grains. In balance, China exported 29 million t of grain. This recent success of China's grain economy does not indicate that China has resolved its grain demand-supply problem. Further agricultural structural adjustments are expected. China is likely to move from being a net grain exporter to a net grain importer in 2004. If the size of imports remains small, the government will be happy to accept this. However, if China's grain self sufficiency becomes threatened, the government is likely to do anything to boost domestic grain production.
BOOK
Chinese Economy Series
Zhou, Zing-Yue
Tian, Wei-Ming
Chen, Aimin
Song, Shunfeng
2005
Ashgate
Burlington, VT
0754642801
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