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FAO indices
World Prices

70.9 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of January 1997 reached the 70.9 points, which meant an decline of -0.7% in relation to previous mensual index of December UNDEF(of) 1996, that was 71.4 points (-0.5 pts), and was placed a 0.4% above the annual average of 70.62 points recorded (+0.28 pts).

The highest monthly value achieved throughout the year of 73.4 points was 3.53% higgher than the selected month (+2.5 pts), while the lowest value during the period was 68, that is 4.26% lower than the 70.9 points of January 1997 (-2.9 pts).

In relation to the values of the previous year, in January 1997 there was a year-on-year decline of -7.92%, 6.1 points under the 77 pts reached in the same month of 1996.

Evolutions of January 1997
Annual average

70.62 pts

  0.28 pts (+0.4%)
Previous month

71.4 pts

  -0.5 pts (-0.71%)
February

71 pts

  -0.1 pts (-0.14%)
January 1996

77 pts

  -6.1 pts (-8.6%)
January 1998

67.4 pts

  3.5 pts (+4.94%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in January 1997
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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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