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The United States, Brazil, and Argentina are major exporting countries in the world soybean market. The United States has a more efficient transportation system than Brazil and Argentina, which has contributed to its competitive advantage over Brazil and Argentina in exporting soybeans to the Asian countries. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the impacts of alternative inland transportation systems in shipping soybeans from major exporting countries to major importing regions and countries on the United States’competitiveness of soybean exports and the world soybean trade. A spatial equilibrium model for the world soybean industry is developed for this study. Decreases in inland transportation costs in major soybean exporting countries result in increases in competitiveness of the relevant exporting country and reductions in the competitiveness of other exporting countries in the world soybean market. The decreases result in increases in social payoff in exporting countries.