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FAO indices
World Prices

72.8 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of May 1997 reached the 72.8 points, which meant an decline of -0.82% in relation to previous mensual index of April, that was 73.4 points (-0.6 pts), and was placed a 3.09% above the annual average of 70.62 points recorded (+2.18 pts).

The highest monthly value achieved throughout the year of 73.4 points was 0.82% higgher than the selected month (+0.6 pts), while the lowest value during the period was 68, that is 7.06% lower than the 72.8 points of May 1997 (-4.8 pts).

In relation to the values of the previous year, in May 1997 there was a year-on-year decline of -11.65%, 9.6 points under the 82.4 pts reached in the same month of 1996.

Evolutions of May 1997
Annual average

70.62 pts

  2.18 pts (+3%)
Previous month

73.4 pts

  -0.6 pts (-0.82%)
June

70.2 pts

  2.6 pts (+3.57%)
May 1996

82.4 pts

  -9.6 pts (-13.19%)
May 1998

66.4 pts

  6.4 pts (+8.79%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in May 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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