砂糖輸出国の砂糖産業を支える政策とその果たす役割について : タイ、オーストラリア、南アフリカを事例として

抄録

This paper examines the effect of sugar policy in sugar export countries to support domestic sugar production and export. The investigation in this paper indicates that various policies enable sugar export countries to continue domestic sugar production when global prices dip below production costs. The resources for the compensation of the gap between the price in the world market and the production cost appear to be the lifted price in the domestic market of export countries and public investment loosely disciplined. This paper concludes by asserting that border protection, various supply control measurement and public investments in sugar export countries could have trade distorting effect.