Analysis on Rice Competition Cross Strait
Resource
農業與經濟, 28, 001-018
Journal
農業與經濟
Journal Issue
28
Pages
001-018
Date Issued
2002-06
Date
2002-06
Author(s)
Show, C.R.
Li, C.Y.
Abstract
The East Asia countries’ unhulled rice production each year is: 190 billion tons in China, which is approximately 33.6% of all production in the world; 12million tons in Japan; 6.4% million tons in Korea; 2 million tons in Taiwan, which is only 1% of all production in the East Asian Area. The production cost per kilogram of rice is: NT2.5 in Thailand, NT4.2 in China, NT5.3 in Argentina, NT8.6 in the United States, and NT13.2 in Taiwan. Clearly, the cost is greater in China than in Thailand, but less than in the Argentina, the United States and Taiwan. In 2000, China exported 2,950 thousand tons of rice to 51 countries and imported 238 thousand tons. This statistic shows the strong competition of China’s normal quality rice. Although the production cost of rice in Thailand is less than in China, its selling price is two to three times as much as China’s rice; yet due to their special characteristics, Thailand rice has its own unique market share in China. In comparison, the first grade Taiwan Rice is about the same quality level as Thailand Rice. However, the current price of Thailand Rice in retail market in Beijing is NT39 per kilogram, which is higher than the small package Taiwan rice. As China’s economic is growing, the currency value of the Chinese Yuan and the wages in China will both rice, resulting its competitive advantage in rice gradually declining. Therefore, besides developing rice with its own characteristics, we should expand our scale in rice production to decrease the production cost, and then we might have our own unique market share in China. After free trade, rice tariff will forced to decrease. The highest quality rice from China will only cost NT30 per kilogram in Taiwan, which is extremely competitive. Other than cost advantages, China has high research and development ability in rice production improvement, and major rice production and selling corporations are maturing. These corporations are in charged of the rice in all process: form production, processing, quality controlling to selling. This is a critical point we should be aware of.
Subjects
競爭力比較
稻米
兩岸
Competitive competition
Rice
Cross strait
SDGs
Type
journal article
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