2.08€
2.89€
5.78€
Origin Prices
The origin middle value of the Food Prices Index along year 2018 reached the 2.082 euros. The highest weekly value achieved throughout the year was 2.49€, while the lowest descended to the 1.53€.
The average of 2018 was 0.06€ above the previous year, which represents an interannual difference of 3.07% with respect the 2.02 euros reached in 2017.
The middle value of 2018 is 5.15% above the interannual average of 2009/2023, a difference of 0.1 with respect the 1.98€ of the last 15 years. In the year-on-year graph below you can check the evolution of prices throughout the period in more detail.
Wholesale Prices
Regarding the wholesale average, this reached the 2.889 euros. The highest weekly value achieved throughout the year was 3.29€, while the lowest descended to the 2.61€.
The average of 2018 was 0.01€ above the previous year, which represents an interannual difference of 0.31% with respect the 2.88 euros reached in 2017.
The middle value of 2018 is 3.55% above the interannual average of 2009/2023, a difference of 0.1 with respect the 2.79€ of the last 15 years.
Retail Prices
Regarding the retail average, this reached the 5.782 euros. The highest weekly value achieved throughout the year was 6.09€, while the lowest descended to the 5.67€.
The average of 2018 was 0.21€ above the previous year, which represents an interannual difference of 3.81% with respect the 5.57 euros reached in 2017.
The selected year value is the highest average reached along the entire period 2009/2023, with a difference of 0.52€ above the interannual average of 5.26€, that means an increase of 9.92% with respect the arithmetic mean of the last 15 years.
Evolution of the Food Prices Index in 2018
2.78
Price Index Origin-Retail. This is the number of times the price is multiplied from what the producer receives to what the consumer pays (origin and retail)
Throughout the year 2018 averaged retail price of the 36 products collected in the Food Prices Monitor in Spain was 5.78€. On the other hand, the average of the prices at origin was 2.08 euros. That means, for each euro paid by the final consumers to acquire these products, the farmers received 36 eurocents.
As regards Distribution, the average of the prices collected by Mercasa that year stood at 2.889 euros, so that the second link in the agri-food chain was responsible of 14 cents in the construction of that euro paid in the shop. It must be taken into account that the spanish public company for the management of food distribution does not collect data on Butchery products, therefore both fresh chicken eggs and meat do not participate in the construction of this average.
In last place, during the marketing phase price doubled, 50 cents of each euro paid by the final buyer. In percentage terms, the difference between the average annual price in origin and retail was of 177.71%.
The Price Index Origin-Retail throughout the year 2018 was of (x)2.78. This PIOR indicates the number by which the price is multiplied from the farm to the consumer's table, the difference between what we pay for food in the store and the price the farmer sold it for.
This is an application developed and maintained by Boletín Agrario, so it should be considered as such for review and intellectual property purposes. The data used corresponds to that published by::
Global Food Price Indexes ➡️ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Prices of the Agri-food chain in Spain ➡️ Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Government of Spain
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