Annex 17. Trends in maize price (In dollars/quintal)

Country	Year	Producer			Wholesaler			Consumer
		Annual average	highest	lowest	Annual average	highest	lowest	Annual average	highest	lowest
Belize	1994	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1995	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1996	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1997	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1998	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1999	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	Highest year	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
Guatemala	1994	8,78	9,10	8,45	10,87	11,35	10,39	11,03	11,68	10,39
	1995	8,05	8,64	7,74	8,49	8,79	8,19	9,62	10,07	9,17
	1996	12,94	14,30	11,58	13,62	14,76	12,49	15,29	15,89	14,83
	1997	11,76	12,13	11,46	13,34	13,81	11,02	13,89	14,55	13,23
	1998	16,44	17,30	15,58	17,17	17,96	16,37	19,29	19,89	18,69
	1999	12,40	12,63	12,16	13,04	13,56	12,51	14,67	14,37	15,07
	Highest year	16,44	17,30	7,74	17,17	17,96	8,19	19,29	19,89	9,17
El Salvador	1994	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1995	8,45	10,28	6,35	9,60	11,37	7,96	11,94	13,65	10,23
	1996	11,68	18,72	7,19	14,05	23,89	8,53	15,81	26,16	11,37
	1997	12,47	14,21	9,00	13,25	15,58	9,38	15,92	18,20	13,65
	1998	9,88	11,36	8,95	11,19	13,46	10,0	14,00	14,22	12,51
	1999	7,87	8,62	6,94	8,83	9,67	8,00	11,83	14,22	10,23
	Highest year	12,47	18,72	6,35	14,05	23,89	7,96	15,92	26,16	10,23
Honduras	1994	9,60	14,80	6,00	10,80	16,30	7,10	11,80	17,20	7,80
	1995	7,90	10,60	5,50	8,90	11,90	6,90	10,10	12,50	7,60
	1996	8,10	9,90	5,00	12,10	23,00	5,80	13,20	24,20	6,60
	1997	11,30	11,50	11,00	12,00	15,60	8,20	12,90	16,40	9,20
	1998	8,90	0,00	0,00	9,30	11,20	7,90	10,20	11,70	8,70
	1999	8,70	0,00	0,00	8,20	10,00	6,70	9,40	10,70	8,00
	Highest year	11,3	14,8	5,0	12,1	23,0	5,8	13,2	24,2	6,60
Nicaragua	1994	9,28	15,75	6,46	11,67	17,40	9,14	16,45	22,92	13,64
	1995	7,41	8,66	5,77	8,91	10,05	7,66	7,96	7,96	7,96
	1996	10,65	19,50	6,50	13,34	27,13	8,63	17,37	31,95	11,21
	1997	9,20	12,70	5,90	10,90	14,30	7,80	15,70	18,90	12,10
	1998	8,13	12,77	5,27	10,52	13,94	7,23	13,94	17,06	10,36
	1999	6,93	7,98	5,11	8,83	11,20	6,77	11,86	14,86	9,74
	Highest year	10,65	19,50	5,11	13,34	27,13	6,77	17,37	31,95	7,96

N/a: Not available from Agriculture Ministries
Source: Agriculture Ministries

Country	Year	Producer			Wholesaler			Consumer
		Annual average	highest	lowest	Annual average	highest	lowest	Annual average	highest	lowest
Belize	1994	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1995	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1996	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1997	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1998	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1999	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	Highest year	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
Guatemala	1994	25,69	26,17	25,21	32,14	32,62	31,65	38,12	38,66	37,86
	1995	25,12	25,72	24,66	26,47	27,07	26,09	32,71	33,16	32,34
	1996	40,27	40,88	39,90	41,64	42,39	41,26	50,49	51,10	49,96
	1997	23,00	23,52	22,71	23,74	24,25	23,52	28,96	29,25	28,66
	1998	33,94	34,80	33,48	38,95	35,47	34,80	42,56	43,09	42,10
	1999	28,64	28,93	28,23	29,45	29,74	29,16	35,62	36,09	35,33
	Highest year	40,27	40,88	22,71	41,64	42,39	23,52	50,49	51,10	28,66
El Salvador	1994	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1995	20,83	24,51	18,24	25,64	29,58	22,75	32,19	39,81	28,44
	1996	48,19	71,36	26,36	59,20	96,70	31,29	66,32	102,38	39,81
	1997	48,21	61,50	27,98	53,99	71,10	35,26	65,87	79,63	51,19
	1998	35,77	43,08	27,72	42,91	49,53	33,48	54,94	62,57	45,50
	1999	39,95	42,42	33,43	45,02	52,19	32,06	55,29	62,57	45,51
	Highest year	48,21	71,36	18,24	59,20	96,7	22,75	66,32	102,38	28,44
Honduras	1994	27,10	34,30	22,30	29,10	36,10	24,20	32,10	39,00	27,00
	1995	19,00	23,70	15,60	21,10	28,70	17,30	23,20	30,20	19,90
	1996	24,60	31,90	20,20	50,60	81,50	22,90	55,30	85,40	25,40
	1997	42,50	43,30	42,30	44,10	60,40	29,30	49,30	64,20	33,30
	1998	28,40	n/d	n/d	34,80	41,40	27,60	40,50	47,20	31,50
	1999	31,40	n/d	n/d	37,50	47,50	30,00	42,60	52,30	36,00
	Highest year	24,60	n/d	20,20	50,60	81,50	22,90	55,30	85,40	25,40
Nicaragua	1994	25,05	29,39	13,08	30,09	37,27	17,58	35,44	39,52	22,78
	1995	18,59	31,90	12,81	23,49	36,68	16,45	28,51	41,11	19,97
	1996	41,03	70,85	22,07	46,74	72,08	25,67	55,60	79,14	33,85
	1997	39,10	54,70	28,00	45,60	58,30	35,30	57,80	69,30	48,80
	1998	36,72	45,84	23,94	44,50	53,44	29,40	52,45	61,21	39,23
	1999	31,56	37,04	27,88	40,48	46,58	35,28	45,57	51,90	41,10
	Highest year	41,03	70,85	12,81	46,74	72,08	16,45	57,80	79,14	19,97

N/a: Not available
Source: Agriculture Ministries

Country	Year	Producer			Wholesaler			Consumer
		Annual Average	Highest	Lowest	Annual Average.	Highest	Lowest	Annual Average	Highest	Lowest
Belize	1994	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1995	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1996	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1997	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1998	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1999	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	Highest year	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
Guatemala	1994	26,66	26,98	26,17	26,17	26,98	24,22	38,82	39,87	38,26
	1995	21,88	22,56	21,43	25,27	25,72	24,96	33,54	33,91	33,09
	1996	20,97	21,57	20,44	24,22	24,98	23,84	32,32	32,93	32,17
	1997	23,44	23,88	23,15	27,04	27,56	24,46	39,09	36,45	35,64
	1998	24,79	25,52	24,53	28,64	29,17	28,31	38,19	38,78	37,79
	1999	24,27	24,74	23,86	28,06	25,52	27,65	36,90	37,25	36,67
	Highest year	26,66	26,98	21,43	28,64	29,17	23,84	39,09	39,87	32,17
El Salvador	1994	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
	1995	5,92	6,46	5,35	24,89	26,94	22,36	29,01	29,81	28,66
	1996	7,31	8,41	5,11	30,05	32,68	28,67	34,98	37,27	33,26
	1997	6,29	9,55	6,07	28,76	29,81	26,95	34,40	34,40	34,40
	1998	9,43	11,21	6,63	27,57	28,09	26,37	34,40	34,40	34,40
	1999	8,49	9,25	7,96	25,80	26,94	24,08	33,94	34,40	31,54
	Highest year	9,43	11,21	5,11	30,05	32,68	22,36	34,98	37,27	28,66
Honduras	1994	13,20	15,30	11,50	23,40	24,80	20,30	25,90	28,00	22,70
	1995	13,60	16,10	12,10	24,60	27,00	22,80	26,70	28,40	25,40
	1996	13,20	17,30	11,20	27,80	31,20	22,20	30,40	34,00	23,70
	1997	15,20	n/d	n/d	28,30	29,10	27,60	30,80	31,20	30,50
	1998	n/d	n/d	n/d	30,00	30,60	28,30	32,10	33,00	30,30
	1999	n/d	n/d	n/d	27,10	28,20	26,20	30,10	30,70	29,40
	Highest year	15,20	17,30	12,10	27,10	28,20	26,20	30,10	30,70	29,40
Nicaragua	1994	10,12	15,75	6,46	22,64	26,16	20,67	23,76	26,44	22,50
	1995	9,79	11,93	7,03	22,73	24,12	20,10	26,13	31,03	22,86
	1996	10,98	12,56	9,41	23,87	28,13	21,30	28,47	33,58	25,56
	1997	10,80	12,30	8,60	23,40	24,50	21,80	28,80	29,70	27,50
	1998	10,18	11,34	9,83	22,07	22,96	21,62	28,23	29,13	27,43
	1999	9,26	10,49	7,57	21,20	21,90	20,24	24,84	25,26	24,28
	Highest year	10,98	15,75	6,46	23,87	28,13	20,10	28,80	33,58	22,50

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Fuente: Ministerios de Agricultura; Secretaría del CORECA