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FAO indices
World Prices

95.1 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of April 2017 reached the 95.1 points, which meant a decline of -1.14% in relation to previous mensual index of March, that was 96.2 points (-1.1 pts), and was placed a -2.97% under the annual average of 98.01 points recorded (-2.91 pts).

This is the lowest record reached in the entire year, presenting a difference of +5.1 points (5.36%) with respect to the highest monthly value of 2017, which was 100.2 points.

In relation to the values of the previous year, in April 2017 there was a year-on-year increase of 6.61%, 5.9 points above the 89.2 pts reached in the same month of 2016.

Evolutions of April 2017
Annual average

98.01 pts

  -2.91 pts (-3.06%)
Previous month

96.2 pts

  -1.1 pts (-1.16%)
May

97.4 pts

  -2.3 pts (-2.42%)
April 2016

89.2 pts

  5.9 pts (+6.2%)
April 2018

98.6 pts

  -3.5 pts (-3.68%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in April 2017
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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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