Tariff Discrimination on Brazils soluble coffee: an economic analysis

Vol. 30 No. 2 (2010)

Apr-Jun / 2010
Published April 1, 2010
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Nishijima, Marislei, and Sylvia Macchione Saes. 2010. “Tariff Discrimination on Brazils Soluble Coffee: An Economic Analysis”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 30 (2):293-309. https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/443.

Tariff Discrimination on Brazils soluble coffee: an economic analysis

Marislei Nishijima
Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo – EACH-USP
Sylvia Macchione Saes
Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade da Universidade de São Paulo — FEA-USP
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 30 No. 2 (2010), Apr-Jun / 2010, Pages 293-309

Abstract

This article evaluates the impacts of the imposition of tariffs on the Brazilian soluble coffee mainly by European countries as of the 1990s. More particularly, it verifies whether the imposition of discriminatory trade tariffs by the European Union and of non-discriminatory ones by some Eastern European countries reflects on the international demand for this commodity. For this purpose, dynamic models of global demand for Brazilian soluble coffee were estimated for the 1995-2003 period using data from the International Coffee Organization. Findings suggest that existing tariffs significantly account for the reduction of Brazilian share of soluble in the world market.

JEL Classification: C01;C51; L16.


Keywords: soluble (instant) coffee tariffs welfare demand Brazil