Agricultural Policies, Markets and Trade in the Central and Eastern European Countries, Selected New Independent States, Mongolia and China: Monitoring and Outlook 1995

Book Description
This is the third annual report on agricultural policies, markets, and trade in the central and eastern European countries, selected New Independent States of the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, and China. It accompanies a similar volume on OECD countries. The restructuring and privatization of the agro-food sectors progressed at different rates in 1994 in most central and east European countries, supported by further macro-economic stabilization and economic growth. The decline of agricultural output ended in 1994 and growth reappeared in most countries of the region. However, in Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, agricultural reforms stagnated and production declined considerably in 1994. Agricultural trade continued to shift from imports of bulk commodities to higher-value processed foodstuffs. In these countries, agricultural policy will remain a key, and contentious, issue in future reform efforts. 1994 was another good year for China, although somewhat below the 1993 record. Feed grain exports may be falling from their 1993-1994 record. In the medium to longer term, China may require higher feed grain imports to sustain high growth rates in the livestock sector, but such import requirements may turn out to be lower than those projected by some analysts.


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