The submission provides some comments on the comment on the draft report of the Independent Review Committee for the NCP Review of the Wheat Marketing Act (WMA) 1989. In particular the submission provides detailed comment on the benefits and costs of the single desk arrangements.

The Commission has previously forwarded a submission to this review. The Commission's staff research paper, Single Desk Marketing: Assessing the Economic Arguments examines in detail the arguments for and against single-desk marketing, and identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each arrangement.

Submission to the National Competition Policy Review of the Wheat Marketing Act
Single Desk Marketing: Assessing the Economic Arguments

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Contents

1 Preliminaries
Cover, Letter

1 Introduction

2 Benefits and costs of the single desk

3 Proposals to reduce existing restrictions on exporting
Export of wheat in containers and bags
Bulk export of durum wheat
Retention of the single desk for a limited range of markets
Improvements in the operation of the WEA

4 Scheduled 2004 review by the WEA

5 Other points

6 Concluding remarks

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