India: Effects of Tariffs and Nontariff Measures on U.S. ... - USITC

CONTENTS―Continued
Chapter 9 Intellectual Property Rights <strong>and</strong> Related Policies
in the <strong>India</strong>n Seed Sector............................................................................... 9-1
Overview ............................................................................................................................. 9-1
Structure <strong>of</strong> the <strong>India</strong>n seed market..................................................................................... 9-2
Intellectual property rights protection for seeds.................................................................. 9-2
Plant variety protection.................................................................................................... 9-3
Patent protection .............................................................................................................. 9-6
State pricing restrictions...................................................................................................... 9-8
Biosafety regulation ............................................................................................................ 9-10
Appendixes
A. Request letter............................................................................................................................ A-1
B. Federal Register notice ............................................................................................................ B-1
C. Hearing witnesses..................................................................................................................... C-1
D. Summary <strong>of</strong> views <strong>of</strong> interested parties ................................................................................... D-1
E. Potential for U.S. agricultural products in the <strong>India</strong>n market................................................... E-1
F. <strong>India</strong>n agricultural production <strong>and</strong> consumption by sector ...................................................... F-1
G. Union <strong>and</strong> state/union territory jurisdiction over <strong>India</strong>n agricultural matters .......................... G-1
H. Analytical framework <strong>and</strong> assumptions for economic simulations.......................................... H-1
Boxes
2.1. Soybean oil............................................................................................................................. 2-7
2.2. <strong>India</strong>n agricultural export restrictions .................................................................................... 2-11
3.1. <strong>India</strong>n pork consumption........................................................................................................ 3-5
3.2. <strong>India</strong>n consumers <strong>and</strong> price.................................................................................................... 3-6
3.3. <strong>India</strong>n consumption <strong>of</strong> imported fruits <strong>and</strong> vegetables .......................................................... 3-7
3.4. <strong>India</strong>n almond consumption ................................................................................................... 3-8
4.1. The central government’s five year plan for agriculture ........................................................ 4-9
4.2. Does the minimum support price program really affect U.S. exports .................................. 4-11
5.1. The impact <strong>of</strong> tariffs <strong>and</strong> additional fees on wine retail prices .............................................. 5-13
6.1. Milk <strong>and</strong> milk products .......................................................................................................... 6-4
6.2 Wheat ..................................................................................................................................... 6-6
6.3. Corn ..................................................................................................................................... 6-8
7.1. Farmer cooperatives: The An<strong>and</strong> Pattern <strong>and</strong> Mother Dairy ................................................. 7-5
8.1. FDI in <strong>India</strong>’s poultry market................................................................................................. 8-7
8.2. PepsiCo operations in <strong>India</strong>.................................................................................................... 8-9
8.3. Restrictions on foreign joint venture partners ........................................................................ 8-12
9.1. The UPOV system for plant variety protection...................................................................... 9-4
9.2. Bt cotton in <strong>India</strong>.................................................................................................................... 9-9
9.3. Illegal <strong>and</strong> counterfeit cottonseeds in <strong>India</strong>............................................................................ 9-11
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