EFFECT OF IMPORTS ON THE REGIONAL OFFER OF CHICKEN MEAT IN MEXICO, 1996-2016

Abstract

Imports are an important component in the available supply of carcass meat, so the objective was to determine the magnitude of the effect of imports on the main economic and technological variables in the supply of poultry meat in Mexico at a regional level, during 1996 to 2016. Two models of multiple linear regression were used, the supply was the variable dependent and, the price of chicken meat, pork, feed efficiency and imports were the explanatory. The results showed that imports increased the volume of chicken meat in Mexico; without and with imports, the dynamics of production was directly and inelastically explained by its price; inverse and inelastic to the price of pork, food price and imports; direct and elastic to the feed efficiency with the effect of imports but less elastic without imports. It is concluded that with imports, the variable that explained the dynamics of poultry production in Mexico was the feed efficiency.