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Sugar

57.1 pts

The FAO Sugar Price Index of the month of May 1998 reached the 57.1 points, which meant an decline of -4.83% in relation to previous mensual index of April, that was 60 points (-2.9 pts), and was placed a 3.4% above the annual average of 55.23 points recorded (+1.88 pts).

The highest monthly value achieved throughout the year of 71.5 points was 25.22% higgher than the selected month (+14.4 pts), while the lowest value during the period was 44.7, that is 27.74% lower than the 57.1 points of May 1998 (-12.4 pts).

In relation to the values of the previous year, in May 1998 there was a year-on-year decline of -17.13%, 11.8 points under the 68.9 pts reached in the same month of 1997.

Evolutions of May 1998
Annual average

55.23 pts

  1.88 pts (+3.28%)
Previous month

60 pts

  -2.9 pts (-5.08%)
June

50.1 pts

  7 pts (+12.26%)
May 1997

68.9 pts

  -11.8 pts (-20.67%)
May 1999

35.6 pts

  21.5 pts (+37.65%)
  • 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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