アメリカ合衆国における米生産費の計測方法に関する研究

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is a comparison of the methods used for calculating the production cost of rice between the United States and Japan, and of the actual production cost for 1984. After. a short introduction in the first section, a description of the U. S. rice production, farms, policy, and marketing is done in the second section. The introduction and the second section, are written by Professor Kiyoshi Kamegai. The third section is a short introduction to the fourth and fifth sections which take up rice production cost. The fourth section describes the U. S. Department of Agriculture's method for calculating the rice production cost. Then, this method is compared with the Japanese method for calculating Japanese rice production cost, and the actual production costs are compared between these two countries in the fifth section. The third section to fifth section are written by Associate Professor Hiroshi Tsujii. The comparison of the methods for calculating rice production cost indicates that the rice production cost between the United and Japan can be compared with a few minor adjustments as indicated by three adjustment equations shown in the fifth section. The Secondary Production Cost in Japan is approximately comparable with the Total Economic Cost of U.S.D.A. Using current 155 yen/dollar exchange rate, the average production cost (per unit output of milled rice) of Japan ranges 700% (Gulf Texas) to 920% (California) of U. S. average production cost.