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FAO indices
World Prices

67.6 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of February 1998 reached the 67.6 points, which meant an increase of 0.3% in relation to previous mensual index of January, that was 67.4 points (+0.2 pts), and was placed a 4.56% above the annual average of 64.65 points recorded (+2.95 pts).

The record of this month was the highest value achieved throughout the year, with a difference of 9.21% above the lowest monthly value , that was 61.9 points (-5.7 pts).

In relation to the values of the previous year, in February 1998 there was a year-on-year decline of -4.79%, 3.4 points under the 71 pts reached in the same month of 1997.

Evolutions of February 1998
Annual average

64.65 pts

  2.95 pts (+4.36%)
Previous month

67.4 pts

  0.2 pts (+0.3%)
March

67.4 pts

  0.2 pts (+0.3%)
February 1997

71 pts

  -3.4 pts (-5.03%)
February 1999

58.4 pts

  9.2 pts (+13.61%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in February 1998
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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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