The FAO Commodity Review and Outlook highlights and analyses world market developments affecting agricultural, fishery and forestry products both in general and for 22 specific commodities. It draws attention to events affecting the export and import activities of developing countries and summarizes the situation tar each commodity in a series of tables and graphs.

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The statistical material in this publication has been prepared from information
available to FAO up to December 1993.

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Commodity Review and Outlook, 1993-94
(FAO Economic & Social Development Series No. 52)
ISBN 92-5-103475-3

1. Commodity markets
2. Production
3. Trade
4. Forecasting

I. Title
II. Series

FAO code: 70
AGRIS: E71

Contents

Foreword

Calendar of FAO commodity meetings in 1994

General note on statistics

Part I: General Review

The global market situation and international action

Highlights
Global review

World economic environment
Debts of developing countries increased
Food and agricultural production declined slightly in 1993
Price decline reversed towards the end of 1993
Export earnings growth in 1992
Contraction in Africa's exports
Import growth highest in Africa in 1992
Real growth in export earnings likely in 1993 and 1994
Diversification, the source of growth in earnings from agricultural exports

Commodity markets in summary
The Uruguay round agreement
Other policy responses to trade problems
Commodity consultations in 1993

Part II: Review and outlook by commodity

Beverages, sugar and tropical crops

Coffee
Cocoa
Tea
Sugar
Bananas
Pepper

Cereals, cassava and pulses

Rice
Wheat
Coarse grains
Cassava
Pulses

Oilseeds, oils and oilmeals
Livestock products

Meat
Milk and milk products

Agricultural raw materials

Cotton
Jute, kenaf and allied fibres
Hard fibres
Natural rubber
Hides and skins

Other agricultural commodities

Citrus
Wine
Tobacco

Fishery products
Forest products

Roundwood
Mechanical wood products
Pulp and paper