Demand Growth and Commodity Promotions for Fresh Hass Avocados
Carman, Hoy F., Tina Saitone, and Richard J. Sexton
from ARE Update Vol. 17, No. 1, Sep/Oct, 2013
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Abstract
Shipments of fresh Hass avocados to the U.S. have increased dramatically in recent years, primarily in response to the opening of the U.S. market to imports from Mexico. Inflation-adjusted prices received by California growers have nonetheless remained nearly constant on average, despite considerable year-to-year volatility. Our analysis shows that consumer demand growth, fueled in part by a successful industry promotion program, has prevented falling prices.
Keywords
generic advertising, benefit/costs, expenditures, commodity market board, promotion evaluation
Citation
Carman, Hoy F., Tina Saitone, and Richard J. Sexton. 2013. "Demand Growth and Commodity Promotions for Fresh Hass Avocados." ARE Update 17(1): 5-8. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.
https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1453327768/16921/