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World Prices

84 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of March 2009 reached the 84 points, which meant a decline of -0.24% in relation to previous mensual index of February, that was 84.2 points (-0.2 pts), and was placed a -8.35% under the annual average of 91.66 points recorded (-7.66 pts).

This is the lowest record reached in the entire year, presenting a difference of +16.7 points (19.88%) with respect to the highest monthly value of 2009, which was 100.7 points.

In relation to the values of the previous year, in March 2009 there was a year-on-year decline of -36.41%, 48.1 points under the 132.1 pts reached in the same month of 2008.

Evolutions of March 2009
Annual average

91.66 pts

  -7.66 pts (-9.12%)
Previous month

84.2 pts

  -0.2 pts (-0.24%)
April

87.2 pts

  -3.2 pts (-3.81%)
March 2008

132.1 pts

  -48.1 pts (-57.26%)
March 2010

96.3 pts

  -12.3 pts (-14.64%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in March 2009
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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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