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FAO indices
World Prices

68 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of December 1997 reached the 68 points, which meant a decline of -3.27% in relation to previous mensual index of November, that was 70.3 points (-2.3 pts), and was placed a -3.71% under the annual average of 70.62 points recorded (-2.62 pts).

This is the lowest record reached in the entire year, presenting a difference of +5.4 points (7.94%) with respect to the highest monthly value of 1997, which was 73.4 points.

In relation to the values of the previous year, in December 1997 there was a year-on-year decline of -4.76%, 3.4 points under the 71.4 pts reached in the same month of 1996.

Evolutions of December 1997
Annual average

70.62 pts

  -2.62 pts (-3.85%)
Previous month

70.3 pts

  -2.3 pts (-3.38%)
January 1998

67.4 pts

  0.6 pts (+0.88%)
December 1996

71.4 pts

  -3.4 pts (-5%)
December 1998

62.1 pts

  5.9 pts (+8.68%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in December 1997
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About this data

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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