Stable Price Band System

...The price of independently distributed rice is guaranteed not to fall below the government rice price, and this type has the highest degree of price support. (2) Stable Price Band System The target items are pork, beef, and raw silk (cocoons). In order to prevent sudden increases and decreases in the market, the government sets a certain price range, and when the market price falls below the lower limit, a government agency (the Livestock Industry Promotion Corporation for livestock products and the Silk and Sugar Price Stabilization Corporation for raw silk, which merged in October 1996 to become the Agriculture and Livestock Industry Promotion Corporation) purchases and stores the product, and when the price exceeds the upper limit, it is released or sold. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "stable price band system" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…自主流通米価格も政府米価格を下回らない価格が保証されており，この類型が最も価格支持の程度が高い。(2)安定価格帯制度　豚肉，牛肉，生糸(繭)が対象品目。市場での暴騰，暴落を防止するため，一定の価格幅を政府が決めておき，市価が下限価格以下になったら政府機関(畜産物は畜産振興事業団，生糸は蚕糸砂糖類価格安定事業団であったが，96年10月に両者が合併して農畜産業振興事業団となった)が買い入れて保管し，上限価格を超えたら放出，売渡しをする制度。…

※「安定価格帯制度」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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