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World Prices

50.5 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of May 2002 reached the 50.5 points, which meant a decline of -0.98% in relation to previous mensual index of April, that was 51 points (-0.5 pts), and was placed a -4.93% under the annual average of 53.12 points recorded (-2.62 pts).

This is the lowest record reached in the entire year, presenting a difference of +5.8 points (11.49%) with respect to the highest monthly value of 2002, which was 56.3 points.

In relation to the values of the previous year, in May 2002 there was a year-on-year decline of -8.84%, 4.9 points under the 55.4 pts reached in the same month of 2001.

Evolutions of May 2002
Annual average

53.12 pts

  -2.62 pts (-5.18%)
Previous month

51 pts

  -0.5 pts (-0.99%)
June

51.3 pts

  -0.8 pts (-1.58%)
May 2001

55.4 pts

  -4.9 pts (-9.7%)
May 2003

56.3 pts

  -5.8 pts (-11.49%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in May 2002
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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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