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Oil

89.97 pts

The FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index of the month of May 1998 reached the 89.97 points, which meant an increase of 4.6% in relation to previous mensual index of April, that was 86.01 points (+3.96 pts), and was placed a 7.25% above the annual average of 83.89 points recorded (+6.08 pts).

The record of this month was the highest value achieved throughout the year, with a difference of 13.51% above the lowest monthly value , that was 79.26 points (-10.71 pts).

In relation to the values of the previous year, in May 1998 there was a year-on-year increase of 25.57%, 18.32 points above the 71.65 pts reached in the same month of 1997.

Evolutions of May 1998
Annual average

83.89 pts

  6.08 pts (+6.76%)
Previous month

86.01 pts

  3.96 pts (+4.4%)
June

82.76 pts

  7.21 pts (+8.01%)
May 1997

71.65 pts

  18.32 pts (+20.36%)
May 1999

62.26 pts

  27.71 pts (+30.8%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in May 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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