Competitiveness in United States Grain Exports : Cost-Effective Shipping Patterns in International Rice Marketing Book

	List of Tables
	List of Illustrations
	Preface
I	Overview	3
	U.S. Rice Production and Exports	3
	Review of Literature	7
	U.S. Shipping Industry	9
	Flag of Registry	14
	The U.S. Cargo Preference Policies	18
	Rice Transportation Vessels	21
	Cargo Vessel Charters	24
	Terms of Shipments	26
II	The Theoretical Framework	31
	International Trade	31
	Simple Models of Rice Trade	33
	Transportation Cost	36
	Effect of Distance, Ship Size and Trade Volume on Shipping Cost	41
	Role of Transportation Cost in International Trade	45
III	Estimation of Shipping Cost	53
	Shipping Cost and Measurement	53
	Ports of Origin and Ports of Destination	55
	Lay Days and Days at Sea	57
	Assumptions of the Estimation	70
	The Estimation of Shipping Cost	72
IV	The Transportation Models	101
	Methodology and Data Requirements	101
	Assumptions of the Model	107
	Procedure of the Model	107
	Analysis of the Results	108
V	Summary and Conclusions	137
	Appendix A	145
	Appendix B	147
	Bibliography	165
	Index	175