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原文传递 Overview of U.S. Agricultural Shipment to Ghana: Agricultural Ocean Transportation Data.

题名：	Overview of U.S. Agricultural Shipment to Ghana: Agricultural Ocean Transportation Data.
作者：	Olowolayemo-S.
关键词：	Marine-transportation; Cargo-transportation; Agricultural-products; Ghana-.;Marketing-; Sub-Saharan-Africa; Exports-; International-trade; Food-; Sales-; Economic-analysis; Imports-; Developing-countries.
摘要：	Ghana has been one of the relatively politically stable emerging marketing economies in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to its growing population, Ghana serves as entry point for U.S. exports to a West African subregion market of about 250 million people. In recent years, Ghana has served as a major transshipment point to many neighboring countries including Nigeria. Several factors, such as recent democratization, growing population, an increase in the affluent and middle class groups, a growing private sector, continued movement toward trade liberalization by the government of Ghana, urbanization, and World Bank-sponsored economic reforms, have led to increased demand for high-value food products (HVP) (GAIN Report, October 19, 2000). According to the GAIN Report, retail food sales value in Ghana in 1999 was estimated at approximately $1.2 billion, 32 percent of which represented imported HVP. The HVP sales not only grew 10 percent in 1999, but also are projected to be at a higher growth rate in the future. Most of the HVPs were imported from South Africa, Asia, and Europe. However, the U.S. share of the import market is slowly growing, according to the report. The increase in the U.S. share of the import market may be attributed to the perception of the U.S. food products as high-quality items by Ghanaian consumers. Local consumers are readily inclined to adopt U.S. tastes and preferences for snacks and convenience-type foods.
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