0.51€
0.9€
1.83€
Origin Prices
The origin middle value of the Agricultural Price Index along year 2016 reached the 0.51 euros. The highest weekly value achieved throughout the year was 0.61€, while the lowest descended to the 0.41€.
The average of 2016 was 0.04€ above the previous year, which represents an interannual difference of 8.51% with respect the 0.47 euros reached in 2015.
The middle value of 2016 is 0% under the interannual average of 2009/2023, a difference of 0 with respect the 0.51€ of the last 15 years. In the year-on-year graph below you can check the evolution of prices throughout the period in more detail.
Wholesale Prices
Regarding the wholesale average, this reached the 0.9 euros. The highest weekly value achieved throughout the year was 1.02€, while the lowest descended to the 0.82€.
The average of 2016 was -0.02€ under the previous year, which represents an interannual difference of -2.17% with respect the 0.92 euros reached in 2015.
The middle value of 2016 is -4.26% under the interannual average of 2009/2023, a difference of -0.04 with respect the 0.94€ of the last 15 years.
Retail Prices
Regarding the retail average, this reached the 1.825 euros. The highest weekly value achieved throughout the year was 1.93€, while the lowest descended to the 1.75€.
The average of 2016 was 0.04€ above the previous year, which represents an interannual difference of 2.53% with respect the 1.78 euros reached in 2015.
The middle value of 2016 is 5.49% above the interannual average of 2009/2023, a difference of 0.09 with respect the 1.73€ of the last 15 years.
Evolution of the Agricultural Price Index in 2016
3.58
Price Index Origin-Retail. This is the number of times the price is multiplied from what the producer receives to what the consumer pays (origin and retail)
Throughout the year 2016 averaged retail price of the 15 products collected in the greengrocery zone of the Food Prices Monitor in Spain was 1.83€. On the other hand, the average of the prices at origin was 0.51 euros. That means, for each euro paid by the final consumers to acquire these products, the farmers received little more than a quarter, 28 eurocents.
As regards Distribution, the average of the prices collected by Mercasa that year stood at 0.9 euros, so that the second link in the agri-food chain was responsible of 21.4 cents in the construction of that euro paid in the shop.
In last place, during the marketing phase price doubled, 50.7 cents of each euro paid by the final buyer. In percentage terms, the difference between the average annual price in origin and retail was of 257.84%.
The Price Index Origin-Retail throughout the year 2016 was of (x)3.58. This PIOR indicates the number by which the price is multiplied from the farm to the consumer's table, the difference between what we pay for food in the store and the price the farmer sold it for.
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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