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FAO indices
World Prices

61.9 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of September 1998 reached the 61.9 points, which meant a decline of -0.8% in relation to previous mensual index of August, that was 62.4 points (-0.5 pts), and was placed a -4.25% under the annual average of 64.65 points recorded (-2.75 pts).

This is the lowest record reached in the entire year, presenting a difference of +5.7 points (9.21%) with respect to the highest monthly value of 1998, which was 67.6 points.

In relation to the values of the previous year, in September 1998 there was a year-on-year decline of -11.57%, 8.1 points under the 70 pts reached in the same month of 1997.

Evolutions of September 1998
Annual average

64.65 pts

  -2.75 pts (-4.44%)
Previous month

62.4 pts

  -0.5 pts (-0.81%)
October

62.7 pts

  -0.8 pts (-1.29%)
September 1997

70 pts

  -8.1 pts (-13.09%)
September 1999

54.6 pts

  7.3 pts (+11.79%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in September 1998
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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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