Revised Deficiency Payment System for Milk in Japan under WTO Regime

2000年修订了《牛奶缺额支付制度》，既要调整减少农业补贴支付的规定，又要刺激市场情况反映的原奶价格波动。本研究是为了评价这一政策改革而进行的。虽然改变了支付制度，但在牛奶生产过剩的情况下，原奶价格一直保持稳定。这导致了新的需求培育政策，例如奶酪、奶油和酸奶的新整合缺额支付制度，脱脂奶粉和黄油过剩库存的低价销售计划等。相反，政策改革的失败使得奶农、奶业和政府之间建立更牢固的关系成为必要。

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.