Comparative Study on Market News Information System (MNIS) in Agricultural Wholesale Market among Selected Countries

(1)MNIS是支撑一国经济的基本社会基础设施，一直由公共组织的政府运营，以维护公共利益，特别是在自由资本主义国家。在日本，该系统被命名为“易腐食品营销新闻信息系统”，在政府农林水产省的监督下，从日本各地的53个初级批发市场收集最新的市场新闻信息。然而，这个数字似乎太多了。(2)在英国，政府的农业、渔业和食品部管理着MNIS。该系统从该国5个原始批发市场收集市场新闻，其中只发布3个市场的信息。此外，德国和英国的情况也是一样的，后者从该国的5个原始批发市场收集市场新闻。(3)在法国，农业部成立了农业技术进军研究所(ITMA)，发布市场最新新闻信息。ITMA从政府提名的22个原始批发市场收集市场新闻。(4)中华人民共和国、俄罗斯联邦和保加利亚等社会主义国家最近成立了MNIS，以及食品批发市场。(5)美国自1915年第一个市场新闻局发布以来，MNIS历史悠久。现在，美国农业部从产品发货地区的31个批发市场和消费城市的19个批发市场收集新闻，并每天以“市场新闻报道”的形式发布(6)在澳大利亚，5个州政府(新南威尔士州、昆士兰州、南澳大利亚州、维多利亚州和西澳大利亚州)有自己的关于MNIS的市场法，并通过自己的系统发布信息。

(1) MNIS is a basic social infrastructure which support economy of a nation, and has been run by the government of a public organization in order to maintain the public interests, especially in free capitalism countries. In Japan, the system is named "Perishable Food Marketing News Information System" , and collects current market news information from 53 primal wholesale markets all aver Japan under supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Government. However, the number seems too many.(2) In the United Kingdom, the governmet's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisery and Food runs MNIS.The system collects market news from 5 primal wholesale markets in the country and of which issues the informations about only 3 markets. Also, Germany is in the same situation with the United Kingdom, which collect market news from 5 primal wholesale markets in the country.(3) In France, The Ministry of Agriculture founded the Institute Technique des Marches des Produit Agricoles (ITMA) , which issues market current news informations. ITMA collects market news from 22 primal wholesale markets nominated by the government.(4) Socialist countries such as Peoples' Republic of China, Russia Federation and Bulgaria were set up the MNIS recently, as well as food wholesale markets.(5) The United States of America has a long history of the MNIS since 1915 when the first Market News Service issued . Now, the USDA collect news from 31 wholesale markets in product shipping areas and from 19 wholesale markets in consumption cities, and publish them daily as "Market News Reports"(6) In Australia, 5 state governments (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and West Australia) have own market law regarding the MNIS,and issue the information by their own system.