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FAO indices
World Prices

132.1 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of March 2008 reached the 132.1 points, which meant an increase of 3.2% in relation to previous mensual index of February, that was 128 points (+4.1 pts), and was placed a 12.42% above the annual average of 117.51 points recorded (+14.59 pts).

The highest monthly value achieved throughout the year of 132.5 points was 0.3% higgher than the selected month (+0.4 pts), while the lowest value during the period was 86, that is 53.6% lower than the 132.1 points of March 2008 (-46.1 pts).

In relation to the values of the previous year, in March 2008 there was a year-on-year increase of 63.49%, 51.3 points above the 80.8 pts reached in the same month of 2007.

Evolutions of March 2008
Annual average

117.51 pts

  14.59 pts (+11.05%)
Previous month

128 pts

  4.1 pts (+3.1%)
April

130.4 pts

  1.7 pts (+1.29%)
March 2007

80.8 pts

  51.3 pts (+38.83%)
March 2009

84 pts

  48.1 pts (+36.41%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in March 2008
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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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