Competition Between Imported Tilapia and US Catfish in the US Market

Norman-López, Ana; Asche, Frank

doi:10.1086/mre.23.2.42629611

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“…Until 1990, these were mostly exported to the Asian market. After lifting the embargo by the United salmon, shrimp, tilapia, and sea bass, pangasius is one of the most important aquaculture products (Asche 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Influence of Changes in the Market Environment on Economic Production Characteristics of Pangasius Farming in the Mekong Delta (Vietnam)

Binh

D’Haese

Speelman

et al. 2010

Marine Resource Economics

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The Mekong Delta in Vietnam has become an important production area for pangasius. The importance of the sector in providing an income to many households means that it is relevant to study its economic production characteristics. In this article we use a stochastic cost frontier model to assess the adaptability of the sector. We are particularly interested in the effect of the changing market environment and the exponential growth of the sector on the evolution of production characteristics. We compare data from 2002 with 2006 data. The results show that pangasius farming became more efficient by 2006, with higher returns to scale. We discuss the possible policy implications of our findings.

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confidence: 99%

“…We believe that it still has potential for expansion. Asche (2008) argues that "there still is tremendous potential for further growth in aquaculture" (p. 528). Yet, producers face a multitude of challenges.…”

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The Influence of Changes in the Market Environment on Economic Production Characteristics of Pangasius Farming in the Mekong Delta (Vietnam)

Binh

D’Haese

Speelman

et al. 2010

Marine Resource Economics

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“…The Johansen test for cointegration was used with the main condition for using this test being that the price series shows nonstationary probability [5,17,27].…”

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“…Reference [12] and [13] studied fish price elasticity and transmission between wholesaler and retailer, and concluded that changes in wholesale prices were greater for retail price increases than for retail price decreases. Market interactions between farmed fish and the wild fish have been studied in many countries [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. None of previous studies investigated cointegration of farmed fresh fish with wild frozen fish in the main Egyptian wholesale market.…”

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Price Setting in Markets for Egyptian Farmed Fish

Nasr-Allah¹,

Dickson²

2017

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This article investigates the relation between fish supply volumes and sales values in El-Obour wholesale market. The study also examines market cointegration between farmed tilapia and imported wild frozen fish (tilapia, mackerel, Mediterranean horse mackerel, sardine and lizardfish). Regression and Johansen cointegration analysis was used for market data analysis. Market data includes fish sales volume and prices in El-Obour wholesale market in 2012. The results indicate that there is a negative relationship between the volume of farmed tilapia supplied to the market and sales values. Cointegration analysis shows that tilapia grade 1 and 2 prices compete together in market while catfish does not compete with farmed tilapia. Frozen lizardfish and sardines prices are cointegrated with tilapia grades 1 and 2 while tilapia grade 3 competes with lizardfish and Mediterranean horse mackerel, but there was no evidence of market cointegration between catfish and frozen wild fish. The implications are important as increased tilapia supplies to the market leads to declining sales prices. In addition, there is market competition between wild frozen fish and farmed tilapia, however they are not fully integrated. Increasing imports of frozen fish could reduce the selling price of farmed tilapia and negatively influence investment in fish farms.

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“…6 That the two most valuable farmed species, salmon and shrimp, show up most often in antidumping cases reinforces this argument, although a number of other species have also been involved in anti-dumping cases. 7 Although such barriers may influence the development of the aquaculture industry in specific countries, it is not clear that they hinder the general trends, as illustrated by Keithly and Poudel [50] for the case of US anti-dumping actions against shrimp, for salmon [51] and catfish [52]. As aquaculture production of new species, and entry to new markets are likely to repeat these patterns, more trade conflicts are likely.…”

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Trade intervention: Not a silver bullet to address environmental externalities in global aquaculture

Asche

Roheim

2016

Marine Policy

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Aquaculture has been the world's fastest growing food production technology in recent decades, and continued growth in aquaculture production is predicted. While creating economic opportunity, aquaculture is also a new way of using eco-systems, and there is substantial evidence that aquaculture creates negative environmental externalities. Although the most effective way to address these externalities may be improved governance, this approach is often difficult because most aquaculture production takes place in developing countries with limited management capacity. The fact that a large part of aquaculture production is traded motivates substantial interest in the use of trade measures to reduce environmental impacts. However, the wide variety of species, production practices, and governance systems present in aquaculture makes it unlikely that general trade measures will achieve environmental objectives. Rather, there is a real risk that trade measures will reduce economic opportunity, raise new equity concerns, and impinge on public health with little or no environmental impact.

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Competition Between Imported Tilapia and US Catfish in the US Market

Cited by 69 publications

References 4 publications

The Influence of Changes in the Market Environment on Economic Production Characteristics of Pangasius Farming in the Mekong Delta (Vietnam)

The Influence of Changes in the Market Environment on Economic Production Characteristics of Pangasius Farming in the Mekong Delta (Vietnam)

Price Setting in Markets for Egyptian Farmed Fish

Trade intervention: Not a silver bullet to address environmental externalities in global aquaculture

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