Sugar in the Caribbean : Adjusting to Eroding Preferences

Sugar in the Caribbean : Adjusting to Eroding Preferences

Sugar exporters of the Caribbean depend on preferential sales of sugar to the European Union and United States at prices that are two to three times the world market price. Without these preferences, sugar export revenues would decline significantly. These preferences are likely to erode in the next...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitchell, Donald
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
BEET
BEET SUGAR
BIOMASS
CANE SUGAR
CARROTS
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COMMERCIAL USES
COMMODITY
COMPETITIVENESS
CORN
COST DIFFERENCES
CROP
CROP VARIETIES
CROPLAND
CROPS
CUTTING
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
ETHANOL
EXPORTS
FARM
FARMER
FARMERS
FERTILIZER
FERTILIZERS
FLOOR PRICE
FOOD IMPORTS
FRUITS
IMPORTS
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LETTUCE
MOLASSES
POULTRY
PRODUCE
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES
PRODUCTION COSTS
REPLANTING
SUGAR
SUGAR BEETS
SUGAR CANE
SUGAR FACTORIES
SUGAR INDUSTRY
SUGAR PRICES
SUGAR REFINING
SUGAR TRADE
SWEETENERS
SYRUP
TAXATION
TOMATOES
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
VEGETABLES
YIELDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6523008/sugar-caribbean-adjusting-eroding-preferences
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8826

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6523008/sugar-caribbean-adjusting-eroding-preferences
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8826

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