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 Regulatory Structure of the New Zealand Hop Industry

Table of Contents

• Credits
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose of the Review , 1.2 Conduct of the Review
• 2. International Market for Hops
  • 2.1 Characteristics of International Hop Market
    • Table 1: Hop Production of Major Producing Countries and New Zealand (tonnes)
  • 2.2 International Trade in Hops and Hops Products
  • 2.3 New Zealand's Place in the International Market
  • 2.4 International Market for Hops , 2.4.1 Selling Hops on the International Market , 2.4.2 International Beer Production , 2.4.3 Demand for Hops
  • 2.5 International Breweries and Merchants
  • 2.6 Major Hop Producing Countries
    • 2.6.1 United States of America , 2.6.2 Germany , 2.6.3 England , 2.6.4 Australia , 2.6.5 Japan
• 3. New Zealand Hop Industry Characteristics
  • 3.1 The Hop Plant
  • 3.2 Development of the New Zealand Hop Industry
  • 3.3 Size and Structure of the New Zealand Hop Industry
  • 3.4 End-Uses of Hops
    • 3.4.1 Hops in Brewing , 3.4.2 New Zealand Hop Cultivars
  • 3.5 Marketing of Hops
    • 3.5.2 Constraints on the Production and Sale of Hops
  • 3.6 Funding of the Hop Marketing Board
  • 3.7 Research Arrangements
• 4. Assessment of Regulations for the Export Marketing of New Zealand Hops
  • 4.1 Structure of the International Marketing of Hops
  • 4.2 Regulatory Structure of New Zealand Hop Exports
    • 4.2.1 Hop Marketing Board as Agent for Export Sales of Hops , 4.2.2 Threat of Foreign control of the New Zealand Hop Industry
  • 4.3 Net Benefits of the Regulatory Structure for New Zealand Hop Exports
  • 4.4 Alternative Export Arrangements to a Single Seller Board
• 5. Assessment of Regulations for the Domestic Marketing of New Zealand Hops
  • 5.1 Competition Policy for Sales Made in New Zealand
  • 5.2 Generic Rationale for Competition in the Domestic Market
  • 5.3 Regulatory Structure of the Domestic Marketing and Production of Hops
    • 5.3.1 Production Quotas , 5.3.2 Hop Marketing Board as Agent in Sale of Hops , 5.3.3 Compulsory Levies
  • 5.4 Performance at the HMB in the Domestic Market
  • 5.5 Summary of Net Benefits
• 6. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
  • 6.1 Summary
  • 6.2 Conclusions
  • 6.3 Transitional Requirements
  • 6.4 Recommendations
  • Appendix A: Submissions
    • (1) Summary of Submissions
  • Appendix B: Terms of Reference for the Review of the Hop Marketing Regulations 1939
  • Appendix C: Powers and Functions of the Hop Marketing Board

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