Table 7b

 Trinidad and Tot go: Elasticities of demand, consumption, calorie content and total demand, fi ,.sptcified foJds. I )58 15and proje.tinon

 Elasticity Cnnsumptlin, pounds prycar percapita C(:;alollr pr lda pir ll I'ipat. lIal ,Iidean, 1.009 pounds
Co mmodity I
 1958 1958 1965 1970 1975 1958 1965 1070 1975 1958 1965 1970 19 I 75


 Cereals:
 Rice .10
 Flour .45
 Corn and meal .30
 Others .45

 Sugar and preparations .401

 Roots and starchy vegetables:
 Irish potato .40
 Sweet potato .40
 Others .25

 Vegetables and pulses:
 Vegetables, fresh .45
 Vegetables, processed .45
 Pulses .25

 Fruit:
S Apples, pears and grapes .55
 Banana .55
 Citrus .55
 All others .55
 Processed .55

 Meat:
 Beef 1.00
 Other fresh 1.00
 Processed .50
 Poultry 1.00

 Fish:
 Fresh .55
 Others .55

 Milk:
 Fresh .70
 Evaporated, etc. .35
 Cheese .60

 Eggs 1.40

 Oils and fats:
 Butter .85
 Others .40


103.005 106.816 107.743 108.25)9 451.746 473.6461 477.756 4801.040 81,230
63.096 73.5(17 76.220 77.545 275.25!1 320.677 332.513 338.293 40,758
20.282 21.032 23.102 23.386 74.941 77.714 85.358 86.407 15,994
99.094 115.445 119.706 121.787 448.271 522.23R 541.511 550.925 78,146

63.977 73.382 75.814 76.965 280.870 322.158 332,831 337.887 50.452


29.548 33.891 35.016 35.547 25.640 29.409 30.383 30.845 23,302
36.274 41.607 42.985 43.038 43.768 59.202 51.865 52.653 28.606
80.516 87.924 89.776 90.741 77.494 84.623 86.406 87.336 63,495


50.723 59.092 61.273 62.339) 11.994 13.973 14.489 14.741 40,001)
 6.112 7.120 7.383 7.512 2.360 2.749 2.851 2.900 4,820
 33.378 36.449 37.216 37.617 137.028 149.635 152.786 154.431 26,322


 1.420 1.707 1.781 1.818 4.720 5.673 5.919 6.042 1,120
 67.319 80.917 84.418 86.108 57.090 68.622 71.591 73.075 53,088
 39.386 47.342 49.390 50.414 14.470 17.393 18.145 18.522 31,060
 56.282 67.651 70.578 72.041 33.870 40.712 42.473 43.354 44.384
 3.430 4.123 4.301 4.390 8.653 10.401 10.851 13.313 2,705


 11.434 15.630 16.717 17.254 22.170 30.306 32.413 33.455 9,017
 5.202 7.111 7.605 7.850 21.140 28.898 30.907 31.900 4,102
 9.432 11.158 11.611 11.828 33.590 38.737 41.349 42.122 7,438
 10.974 15.001 16.044 16.560 17.580 24.032 25.702 26.528 8,654


 15.547 18.688 19.495 19.901 11.981 14.401 15.024 15.336 12,260
 10.148 12.198 12.725 12.990 25.524 30.780 32.007 32.671 8,003


 36.045 45.300 47.688 48.878 26.873 33.779 33.553 36.440 28,425
 27.286 30.778 31.707 32.143 107.468 121.224 124.878 126.597 21,518
 2.478 3.023 3.164 3.234 10.569 12.894 13.497 13.793 1,954

 5.408 8.181 8.907 9.259 9.726 14.715 16.109 16.651 4.265


 2.930 3.845 4.081 4.195 26.009 34.124 36.231 37.245 2,311
 24.614 28.232 29.169 29.610 266.710 305.916 316.051 320.852 19,411


101,827
70,073
20,050
110,053:

(1,954


32,308
39.664
83.17


56,332
 06787
 34,746


 1,627
 77,137
 45,131
 64,491
 3,930


 14,900
 6,779
 10,637
 14.300


 17,815
 11,628


 43,193
 29,340
 2,882

 7,799


 3,665
 26,913


118,259
83.65)
25.357
131,389

83,213


38,434
47,180
90,538


67,253
 8,104
 40,8481


 1,955
 92,657
 54.210
 77,46f
 4,721


 18,349
 8,347
 12.744
 17,fil0


 21,398
 13,967


 52,342
 34,802
 3.473

 9,776


 4,479
 32.016


138,116
58,001
29,555
153,914

97,268


44,924
55,150
114.67H


78,784
 9,494
 47.540


 2,298
108,899
63,713
91,045
 5,548


 21,806
 9.921
 14,948
 20,929


 25,151
 16,417


 61.772
 40,622
 4,087

 11,702


 5,302
 37,421