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Assessing the Potential and Direction of Agricultural Trade within the ESCAP Region, Studies in Trade and Investment No. 10
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| Author(s):
Trade and Investment Division (TID)
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| Economic Sector(s):
(1) agriculture, forestry and fisheries policies and planning |
| ESCAP Reference
No.: ST/ESCAP/1517 |
| Division/Office:
Trade and Investment |
| Published Date:
1995 |
| Country:
{Non-country Specific Publication} |
| Hard Copy Price:
N/A
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| The publication surveys the determinants of agricultural trade flows according to commodity and geographical groupings. It aims to increase the understanding of the patterns of production and trade flows of the main agricultural trading countries and areas of the ESCAP region. The countries who although do not account for significant shares in inter-and intraregional trade, are almost solely dependent on the exports of agricultural products for their foreign exchange earnings. The prospects for the region's agricultural trade seem to point towards an expansion of intraregional trade, while still being restrained by policies which discriminate against particular commodities traded in the region. Reforms that encourage technological progress and attempt to increase productivity, trade, rural employment, and the welfare of people have become a necessary condition to bring about economic and social development. The publication presents a compendium of papers on selected commodities of importance to the ESCAP region, that is, coconut oil, pepper and natural rubber. It also examines the experiences of selected countries who are significant exporters and importers of agricultural products in the ESCAP region, namely Australia, China, India, Japan, Malaysia and Pakistan.
The publication includes the proceedings presented at the Regional Seminar on “Assessing the Potential and Direction of Agricultural Trade within the ESCAP Region” held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 23 to 25 November 1995. |
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