Sweetener Policies in Japan

Hisao Fukuda , John Dyck , and Jim Stout

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Japan;    sugar;    sweeteners;    high-fructose corn syrup;    policies;    domestic support;    state trading;    trade;    trade liberalization;   

RP-ID  :  SSSM-234-01

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

This report provides a detailed description and analysis of policies used by Japan to support its sugar producers and to regulate sweetener markets. Domestic policies include price floors for cane and beet farmers; subsidies to sugar refiners to compensate for the high cost of domestic sugarcane and sugarbeets; and quantity limits on the production of high-fructose corn syrup. All sugar imports must be sold to a government state-trading enterprise and then repurchased at a higher price. Prices within Japan are significantly above world prices as a result of Japan's policies.