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Seasonal Model of Miller Demand for Bread Wheat in Chile.

L. Morales    
W. Foster    

Resumen

To reducewheat producer price volatility a price band system was introduced in 1984, later extended to wheatflour market in 1993. This mechanism has affected the behaviour of both producers and millers. Thisstudy presents a time series seasonal econometric model of the monthly demand for bread wheat by theChilean miller industry. The estimated model is used to determine the effect on input demand due tochanges in wheat and final product prices. The effect of an elimination of the price band policy is evaluatedin terms of the quantity demanded of bread wheat by the milling industry. The period of analysisis from 1987 to 2001 using monthly data from INE and ODEPA of stocks and milling levels. Resultsindicate an elasticity of bread wheat demand with respect to the price of wheat of -0.82; an elasticityof bread wheat demand with respect to the price of flour of 0.86, during the period from December toJuly, also that one cannot reject the hypothesis that both elasticities are equal to unity in absolute value.During the period immediately before the national harvest, the wheat demand does not show sensitivityto the price of wheat flour, consistent with the hypothesis that millers emphasise the management ofwheat stocks during the spring. Simulating the removal of price bands suggests that the policy hasincreased price by 18.7% for bread wheat and 10.5% for wheat flour, during the period from 1996 to2001. Price band elimination would increase the quantity of wheat demanded by 8.2% for the periodDecember-July; by 15.9% for the period August-November. The weighted average yearly wheatdemand would increase by 10% (or 150,000 tons using values form 2001), which would result in anincrease of 115,385 tons in the wheat flour production. Para proteger a los productores de trigo enChile de la volatilidad en los precios mundialesse estableció un sistema de banda de preciospara el cereal, el que posteriormente se prolongaríaal mercado de la harina. Dicha medida hatenido efectos sobre el comportamiento de losagentes del mercado. El presente trabajo planteóla estimación de un modelo econométricode series de tiempo estacional de demanda mensualde trigo blando por parte de la industriamolinera nacional, el cual es utilizado paradeterminar el efecto en la demanda del insumoante variaciones de su precio y del productofinal. De esta manera, a través del modelo seevaluó los efectos que produciría un levantamientode la banda de precios del trigo y suextensión al mercado de la harina sobre la cantidaddemandada de trigo por la industria molinera.El período de análisis bajo estudio comprendeel período 1987 a 2001, utilizando datosdel INE y ODEPA, siendo la cantidad demandadade trigo estimada a partir de la variaciónmensual de stocks y molienda. Los resultados indican que la elasticidad de demanda con respectoal precio del trigo es de ?0,82 mientrasque la elasticidad precio de harina?demanda detrigo es de 0,86 durante el período diciembre ajulio; no pudiéndose rechazar la hipótesis deque ambas elasticidades sean unitarias e igualesen valor absoluto. Otro resultado importanterelevante es que durante el período inmediatamenteanterior a la cosecha nacional, o seadurante los meses de primavera, la demanda detrigo no muestra ser sensible al precio de laharina, debido a que la industria molinera endicho período pone mayor énfasis al manejo desu volumen almacenado. Al analizar los costosde importación para trigo y harina sin banda deprecios, se deduce que dicha medida ha aumentadolos precios en 18,7% para trigo y 10,5%para harina, durante el período 1996-2001. Asíse esperaría que el efecto final no fuese neutro,produciéndose un aumento de 8,2% de lademanda de trigo para el período Diciembre -Julio, mientras que aumentaría un 18,7% lacantidad demandada del cereal para el períodoAgosto - Noviembre, aumentando en promedioanualmente la cantidad demandada de trigo enun 10% por parte de la industria molinera; loque al utilizar cifras del año 2001 un aumentode 150.000 ton en las compras de cereal anual,lo que se traduciría en un aumento de 115.385ton en la producción harinera.

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