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FIGURES

Figure 1: Tariff rates for stabilizing domestic prices of raw sugar based on trend values of world prices as reference prices (respectively, right Y-axis and left Y-axis)

Price $/tonne

Figure 2: Tariff rates for stabilizing domestic prices of raw sugar based on 1990-2000 average world price as reference price (respectively, right Y-axis and left Y-axis)

Price $/tonne

Reference, 1990-2000 mean = $226/tonne

Figure 3: Tariff rates for stabilizing domestic prices of raw sugar based on Moving Average of past 36 months of world prices as reference prices (respectively, right Y-axis and left Y-axis)

Price $/tonne

Figure 4: Comparison of “appropriate” tariff rates for full and partial stabilization

Table 1: Appropriate tariff rates required for complete price stabilization (in percent)

1 Reference (domestic) prices:

Trend values - trend prices (linear trend fitted with 1990-2000 monthly world price data).

1990-00 and 1990-94 averages - single reference prices (simple averages for these periods).

MA-36 and MA-24 - 36-months and 24-months moving averages of world prices.

Source: Author's computations.

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