Adjusting to Trade-Policy Changes in Export Markets : Evidence from U.S. Antidumping Duties on Vietnamese Catfish

Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido; Tarozzi, Alessandro

Adjusting to Trade-Policy Changes in Export Markets : Evidence from U.S. Antidumping Duties on Vietnamese Catfish

Autores

Brambilla, Irene

Porto, Guido

Tarozzi, Alessandro

Descripción

A large literature studies the effects of trade policy changes on developing-country exports on household incomes, and recent contributions have increasingly addressed the effects of administered protection, such as anti-dumping duties. In 2003 the United States imposed anti-dumping tariffs on imports of catfish from Vietnam ranging from 37 to 64 percent. As a result, Vietnamese exports of catfish to the U.S. market declined sharply, thus providing a unique opportunity to study the effects of U.S. trade policy changes on Vietnamese families. Using data on Vietnamese households, the authors study the responses of catfish producers in the Mekong delta of Vietnam between 2002 and 2004. The evidence suggests that the rate of growth of income of households that depended on catfish sales was significantly affected. In addition, the anti-dumping duties triggered significant exit from catfish farming. Households adjusted by moving out of catfish aquaculture and into wage labor markets and agriculture, but not into other aquaculture activities. Finally, the evidence also suggests that households found it difficult to change their catfish production levels, and that performance in aquaculture affects other household economic activities.

Palabras clave

AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, AQUACULTURE, AQUACULTURE ACTIVITIES, AQUACULTURE PRODUCERS, AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION, AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS, AQUACULTURE SECTOR, ATTRITION, BILATERAL TRADE, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAPITAL STOCK, CARP, CASH INCOME, CATCHING FISH, CATFISH, CHILD LABOR, CLAMS, COASTAL AREAS, COMMON CARP, CONSUMERS, COST OF CAPITAL, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, CRABS, DEMAND FOR FISH, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION, DOMESTIC PRICE, DOMESTIC PRICES, DUMPING, ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, ECONOMICS, ELASTICITY, ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION, EMPLOYMENT, EQUILIBRIUM, EQUILIBRIUM PRICES, EXCHANGE RATES, EXPORT BARRIERS, EXPORT DATA, EXPORT GROWTH, EXPORT MARKETS, EXPORTS, EXPOSURE, EXTERNALITIES, FISH FARMING, FISH FEED, FISH FILLETS, FISH PRODUCTION, FISH SPECIES, FISHERIES, FISHES, FISHING, FIXED ASSETS, FOOD SERVICE, FROZEN FISH, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUNTING, INCOME, INCOME LEVELS, INCOMES, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, ISSUES, LABOR DEMAND, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR SUPPLY, LIVESTOCK, LIVING STANDARDS, MARGINAL PRODUCTS, MARINE AQUACULTURE, MARINE FISHING, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET ECONOMY, MARKET SHARE, MOLLUSKS, MUSSELS, NATURAL RESOURCES, OCCUPATIONS, OPTIMAL ALLOCATION, OYSTERS, PER CAPITA INCOME, POULTRY, PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY, PRODUCTION INPUTS, PUBLIC AWARENESS, PUBLIC GOOD, RATE OF GROWTH, REAL INCOME, REGRESSION ANALYSIS, RESTAURANTS, RIVER NETWORK, SAVINGS, SCALLOPS, SEAFOOD, SEAFOOD BUSINESS, SEAFOOD INDUSTRY, SEAWEED, SHADOW PRICES, SHRIMP, SHRIMP FARMING, SOLE, TAX, TAX RATES, TAXATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TILAPIA, TRADE ASSOCIATION, TRADE BARRIERS, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE POLICIES, TRADE POLICY, TRADING SYSTEM, UTILITY MAXIMIZATION, WAGES, WORLD ECONOMY, WORLD MARKETS, WORMS, WTO