Such changes would clearly be more significant than direct effects on international trade in food products. Since this analysis was completed, the agricultural policies of the former Soviet Union states have tended to remain insular. Export quotas have kept the relative domestic prices of exportable foods such as grains low. High tariffs on imported food products have afforded the farm sector some compensation while earning governments needed revenue. Although such policies have thus far retarded agricultural growth relative to the simulations in the report, the potential remains great.
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