Revised Deficiency Payment System for Milk in Japan under WTO Regime

2000年对牛奶补贴制度进行了修订，既调整了减少农业补贴的规定，又刺激了市场反映的原料奶价格波动。本研究的目的是评估这项政策的改革，虽然支付制度的变化，原料奶价格一直保持稳定，在牛奶生产过剩。这导致了新的需求培育政策，如奶酪、奶油和酸奶的新整合的不足支付系统，脱脂奶粉和黄油的剩余库存的低价销售计划等。相反，政策改革的失败使得有必要在奶农、奶业和政府之间建立更强的关系。

Deficiency Payment System for milk was revised in 2000, intended to not only adjust the regulation for decreasing subsididial payments on agriculture, but also stimulate the raw-milk price fluctuation reflected by the market situation. This study was conducted for the purpose of the evaluation of this policy reform.Although the payment system was changed, the raw-milk price has been kept stable under the surplus of milk production. This caused the new demand cultivation policy, for example the newly integrated deficiency payment system for cheese, cream and yogurt, the low-price sale scheme for the surplus stock of skimmed milkpowder and butter, etc. By contraries, the failure of the policy reform has made the necessity for establishing the stronger relationship among the dairy farmers, the milk industries and the government.