Working Paper 24/1992: O protocolo do açúcar e a liberalização do mercado mundial

Abstract:

O protocolo do açúcar e a liberalização do mercado mundial is justified by the importance that is currently given to the negotiations of the 8th GATT Conference, and their likely implications for the Common Agricultural Policy and for the ACP countries that maintain a close commercial relationship with the Community, embodied in the Lomé agreements. The objective is fundamentally to determine the possible implications for the ACP countries of the liberalization of agricultural trade, in terms of the sugar product. For this, we will analyze a set of indicators related to sugar production, export volume, level of Gross Domestic Product, export quotas and productivity levels for each of the ACP countries with a quota in the Sugar Protocol. The conclusions that may be drawn from this research will always have to take into account the time frame of statistical data availability, which in most cases refers to 1985 or 1987 as the closest years. The methodology that was followed essentially sought to ensure an evolution in the analysis. Starting from the characterisation and importance of the Sugar Protocol in the economies of the ACP countries and raising certain questions that the ACP countries face with regard to the future of their sugar sector, an attempt was made, by comparing hypotheses on world market sugar prices, to determine which ACP countries are in the best position to support a liberalisation of the world sugar trade.

Quotation:

Gonçalves, João Carlos. 1992. “O protocolo do açúcar e a liberalização do mercado mundial” . Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão. CEsA – Documentos de Trabalho nº 24/1992.