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1,245.9 dollars per ton. At a minimum, California obtained 381.4 dollars per ton,
while Sonora obtained more than doubled this level,
i.e.
, 814.4 dollars per ton. It
should be noted that this minimum price reported by Sonora during the 1995-2013
period, is well above the median observed in California (534.9 dollars). Higher
prices have been predominant in Sonora, growing at 3.2% on average. In
comparison, California exposes a price growth of 10.8% during the same 1995-
2013 time period. Alongside, the price coefficient of variation is 0.39 in California,
well above in comparison to Sonora (0.24).
It could be observed that in spite of lagging yields in Sonora
i.e.
, roughly one third
of the ones prevailing in California, prices are more than twice in comparison with
Sonora. Alongside, there is a considerable efficiency gap in terms of output. These
high table grape prices could comprise a collusion ingredient in production and
marketing operations in Sonora, deriving in extraordinary rents.
In addition, Sonora output is only a fraction
i.e.
, one fifth, in comparison to the
production attained in California. In brief, scant output, a fraction of yield and