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FAO indices
World Prices

116.2 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of August 2013 reached the 116.2 points, which meant a decline of -1.44% in relation to previous mensual index of July, that was 117.9 points (-1.7 pts), and was placed a -3.28% under the annual average of 120.14 points recorded (-3.94 pts).

This is the lowest record reached in the entire year, presenting a difference of +7.2 points (6.2%) with respect to the highest monthly value of 2013, which was 123.4 points.

In relation to the values of the previous year, in August 2013 there was a year-on-year decline of -5.83%, 7.2 points under the 123.4 pts reached in the same month of 2012.

Evolutions of August 2013
Annual average

120.14 pts

  -3.94 pts (-3.39%)
Previous month

117.9 pts

  -1.7 pts (-1.46%)
September

116.4 pts

  -0.2 pts (-0.17%)
August 2012

123.4 pts

  -7.2 pts (-6.2%)
August 2014

113 pts

  3.2 pts (+2.75%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in August 2013
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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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