Agriculture Trade and Price Policy in Pakistan

Agriculture Trade and Price Policy in Pakistan

This policy paper focuses on the incentive framework for Pakistani agriculture, with emphasis on trade and price policies. It first presents a synthesis of major trends in the performance of the sector and analyzes Pakistan's extraordinarily c...

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Main Author:	Valdés, Alberto
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRICE AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ANIMAL PRODUCTS ANTI-EXPORT BIAS BARRIER BEETS BORDER PRICE CANE SUGAR CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH CROPS CD CEREAL VARIETIES CEREALS COFFEE COMMERCE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS COST EFFECTIVENESS COTTON COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRICE COTTON PRICES COTTON SECTOR CROP CROPLAND CROPS CULTIVATED LAND DAIRY PRODUCTS DEPOSIT DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECT PAYMENTS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICES DUMPING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC HISTORY EGGS EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKETING FAO FARM FARM INCOME FARMER FARMERS FARMS FERTILIZER FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FERTILIZER SUBSIDY FERTILIZER USE FERTILIZERS FIELD CROPS FLOOR PRICE FLOUR FOOD CROPS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN TRADE FRAUD FRUITS GARLIC GDP GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GRAIN GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES IFPRI INCENTIVE STRUCTURE INCOME INCOME GENERATION INPUT PRICES INSURANCE IRRI JUTE LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LDCS LEATHER LETTER OF CREDIT LOW TARIFF MAIZE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARKET STRUCTURE MARKETING MEAL MEAT MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MERCHANDISE IMPORTS MOLASSES MONOPOLIES MONOPOLISTIC BEHAVIOR NATIONAL INCOME OILSEEDS ONIONS OPEN MARKETS OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPTION CONTRACTS OUTPUTS PADDY PALM OIL POLITICAL ECONOMY POTATOES POULTRY POULTRY INDUSTRY PRICE BAND PRICE BANDS PRICE CEILING PRICE CEILINGS PRICE COMPARISON PRICE COMPARISONS PRICE DISTORTIONS PRICE FLOOR PRICE INCREASES PRICE LEVEL PRICE POLICIES PRICE POLICY PRICE RISK PRICE STABILIZATION PRICE VOLATILITY PRICING MECHANISM PRICING POLICIES PRICING POLICY PRODUCE PRODUCERS PRICES PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES PRODUCTION COSTS PULSES RICE PRODUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT SALE SALES SEDIMENTATION SEED SEED COTTON SEEDS SMALL FARMER SMALL FARMERS SMALL PRODUCERS SOYBEAN SOYBEAN OIL SPICES SPOT PRICE STOCKS SUBSTITUTION SUGAR SUGAR CANE SUGARCANE TAX TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TEA TOBACCO TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VEGETABLE OILS VEGETABLES VOLATILITY WATER STORAGE WHEAT WHEAT FLOUR WHOLESALE PRICE WHOLESALER WHOLESALERS WITHHOLDING TAX WITHHOLDING TAXES WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/19354765/agriculture-trade-price-policy-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17865

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Summary:	This policy paper focuses on the incentive framework for Pakistani agriculture, with emphasis on trade and price policies. It first presents a synthesis of major trends in the performance of the sector and analyzes Pakistan's extraordinarily complex, opaque and discretionary, and continually-changing trade regime. It presents a disaggregated analysis of the border measures for the selected products (trade and price interventions vary by product), and estimates the joint effect of trade and procurement policies on farm prices, captured by direct price comparison. It concludes by providing policy recommendations emphasizing on the revision of trade regime to eliminate quantitative restrictions and to modify tariffs in the direction of greater equality, a positive, moderate and uniform tariff on imports across the board as the only border measure for import competing products.

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