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FAO indices
World Prices

123.4 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of August 2012 reached the 123.4 points, which meant an increase of 1.06% in relation to previous mensual index of July, that was 122.1 points (+1.3 pts), and was placed a 0.45% above the annual average of 122.84 points recorded (+0.56 pts).

The highest monthly value achieved throughout the year of 125.8 points was 1.94% higgher than the selected month (+2.4 pts), while the lowest value during the period was 115.9, that is 6.47% lower than the 123.4 points of August 2012 (-7.5 pts).

In relation to the values of the previous year, in August 2012 there was a year-on-year decline of -7.22%, 9.6 points under the 133 pts reached in the same month of 2011.

Evolutions of August 2012
Annual average

122.84 pts

  0.56 pts (+0.45%)
Previous month

122.1 pts

  1.3 pts (+1.05%)
September

125.2 pts

  -1.8 pts (-1.46%)
August 2011

133 pts

  -9.6 pts (-7.78%)
August 2013

116.2 pts

  7.2 pts (+5.83%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in August 2012
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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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