AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF NET PROTECTION COEFFICIENTS FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTS IN IRAQ FOR THE PERIOD 1980-200

A. Lateef, Mohammed

	AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF NET PROTECTION COEFFICIENTS FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTS IN IRAQ FOR THE PERIOD 1980-200
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science
Article 1, Volume 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 101-113
Author
Mohammed A. Lateef
Abstract
The aim of this study is to shed light on the nature of net protection coefficients for animal products produced in Iraq for the period (1980-2005).Consequently the protection structure for these products could be traced , which is considered as an indicator for the protection extent of agricultural sector in Iraq . This was achieved through the usage of simple mathematical models to calculate the net protection coefficients for animal products (eggs, red meat, and chicken meat). A weighted average of net protection coefficient for these products will be calculated. to arrive at approximate idea about the nature of net protection coefficient of agricultural sector in Iraq for the study period. In developing countries agricultural sector suffered from indirect taxes through some macroeconomic policies such as exchange rate and trade policies . The results showed that net protection coefficients values were less than for most years of study period which indicated that there was no protection for animal products except the years for sheep meat (80-98) add to (95) for chicken (80-98) add to(99) for eggs (98 , 96 , 95 , 88 , 83) in which the net protection coefficients were more than (1) which means that there was a positive protection for these years. The same thing could said about the weighted average of net protection coefficients and their sum which indicated the absence of protection for agricultural sector in Iraq for the study period . some recommendations were forwarded to improve the performance of agricultural sector in Iraq.

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