India: Effects of Tariffs and Nontariff Measures on U.S. ... - USITC
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FIGURE 2.3 <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>: Agricultural imports from the United States by<br />
product share, 2006–08 average<br />
All other<br />
19%<br />
Misc. processed<br />
foods<br />
2%<br />
Hides <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> skins<br />
2%<br />
Soybean oil<br />
3%<br />
Apples<br />
4%<br />
Alm<strong>on</strong>ds<br />
36%<br />
Peas<br />
15%<br />
Cott<strong>on</strong><br />
19%<br />
Average total imports $418 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Source: GTIS, World Trade Atlas Database (accessed June 8, 2009).<br />
80 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>n palm oil imports are sourced from Ind<strong>on</strong>esia, with the remainder<br />
mostly supplied by Malaysia (fig. 2.4). For soybean oil, Argentina is the largest supplier<br />
to the <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>n market, accounting for 76 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>n soybean oil imports during<br />
2006–08, followed by Brazil with 18 percent. During this period, the United States<br />
accounted for <strong>on</strong>ly 2 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>’s soybean oil imports. 16 <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>n buyers reportedly<br />
buy soybean oil principally <strong>on</strong> the basis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> price, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> in recent years, Argentine soybean<br />
oil was priced lower than the U.S. product (box 2.1). 17<br />
After vegetable oils, the largest agricultural import category is pulses (table 2.1), which<br />
accounted for 14 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> all agricultural imports during 2006–08. 18 Even though <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
is a large producer <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> pulses, dem<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> exceeds domestic supply, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g> is now the<br />
leading importer <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> pulses in the world. 19 Imports receive favorable tariff treatment but<br />
face certain SPS requirements associated with fumigati<strong>on</strong>. 20 During 2006–08, the United<br />
States accounted for 6 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>n pulse imports. U.S. government <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> industry<br />
sources attribute the relatively low U.S. share to competitive factors that favor other<br />
suppliers: (1) lower prices (U.S. pulses tend to be high quality <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> comm<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> a price<br />
16 From 2005 to 2007, U.S. soybean oil producers have shipped $11–20 milli<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> refined soybean oil<br />
annually to <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> much less crude soybean oil, which is notable primarily because <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>’s l<strong>on</strong>g-time<br />
desire to import crude edible oils as feedstock for their underutilized refining capacity. Government <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficials,<br />
interview by Commissi<strong>on</strong> staff, New Delhi, <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>, May 26, 2009; industry representatives, interviews by<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> staff, Mumbai, <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>, May 28, 2009; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> industry representative, interview by Commissi<strong>on</strong> staff,<br />
Mumbai, <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>, June 1, 2009.<br />
17 Industry representative, interview by Commissi<strong>on</strong> staff, Mumbai, <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>, May 28, 2009.<br />
18 Pulses play an important role in the <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>n diet <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> are the major protein source for a large segment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
the populati<strong>on</strong>. Aradhey, <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>: Grain <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Feed; Pulses Situati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Outlook, December 14, 2007.<br />
19 GTIS, World Trade Atlas Database (accessed June 8, 2009).<br />
20 Aradhey, <str<strong>on</strong>g>India</str<strong>on</strong>g>: Grain <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Feed; Pulses Situati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Outlook, December 14, 2007. See chapter 6 for<br />
more details.<br />
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