Appendix. U.S. Soybean Export-Share Weights Used in Trade-Weighted Real Exchange
Rate Indexes for World, EC-9, and ROW Equations; Plus Sample Means
Country |
Share-weighta | |||||
Priceb |
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Exchange | ||||
■- U.S. soybean■ |
Exportsc |
Pork | ||||
EC-9 . |
0.358 |
DoIIarsZmetric ton 293 240 |
- - Metric tons - - 5,575,228 7,475,988 |
1980=100 140 | ||
Netherlands Japan |
.180 0 |
293 |
240 |
2,946,827 |
1,005,012 |
138 |
Spain |
.086 |
293 |
240 |
1,185,031 |
761,986 |
150 |
Taiwan |
.079 |
293 |
240 |
732,628 |
484,932 |
122 |
S. Korea |
.043 |
293 |
240 |
249,282 |
173,194 |
113 |
Rest of World |
.187 |
293 |
240 |
1,917,510 |
2,098,746 |
120 |
Mexico Total |
.068 .999 |
293 |
240 |
12,606,505 |
11,999,857 |
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a 1983-85 share of U.S. soybean exports, from Stallings.
b Deflated by U.S. CPI, from International Monetary Fund's International Financial Statistics (IFS).
c From United Nation’s Commodity Trade Statistics.
d From FAO Production Yearbooks.
e Exchange rates deflated by U.S. and foreign CPI’s (from IFS), indexed to 1980 = 100.
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