Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................................1
I. WTO Membership, Chinese Dairy Imports and Food Consumption Patterns ..............3
An OvervIEw of China’s WTO Commitments............................................................................3
An OvervIEw of Chinese Dairy Product Imports ........................................................................3
A Summary of Food Consumption Patterns in Urban China .....................................................5
II. Description of the Household Survey Data used in the Econometric Analysis...............5
III. An Econometric Analysis of Food Expenditures in China .............................................14
IV. Summary.............................................................................................................................19
References ....................................................................................................................................20
Appendix A..................................................................................................................................22
Appendix B ..................................................................................................................................24