An Estimation of Domestic Production Ratios of Foodstuffs for School Lunch

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to estimate domestic production and import ratios of foodstuffs for the school lunch sector using input-output tables for Japan in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2011, and 2015, and comparing them to those for the eating and drinking places sector. Total value-added and total import coefficients for school lunch and eating and drinking places were estimated. The result includes that a unit of production of the school lunch sector provided more value-added to, especially, domestic agriculture, and domestic agricultural products sectors than eating and drinking places gave, according to the subtotals of those total value-added coefficients.