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FAO indices
World Prices

96 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of August 2018 reached the 96 points, which meant an increase of 0.95% in relation to previous mensual index of July, that was 95.1 points (+0.9 pts), and was placed a 0.09% above the annual average of 95.92 points recorded (+0.08 pts).

The highest monthly value achieved throughout the year of 99 points was 3.13% higgher than the selected month (+3 pts), while the lowest value during the period was 92.2, that is 4.12% lower than the 96 points of August 2018 (-3.8 pts).

In relation to the values of the previous year, in August 2018 there was a year-on-year decline of -3.32%, 3.3 points under the 99.3 pts reached in the same month of 2017.

Evolutions of August 2018
Annual average

95.92 pts

  0.08 pts (+0.09%)
Previous month

95.1 pts

  0.9 pts (+0.94%)
September

94.2 pts

  1.8 pts (+1.87%)
August 2017

99.3 pts

  -3.3 pts (-3.44%)
August 2019

94.1 pts

  1.9 pts (+1.98%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in August 2018
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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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