appendix tables

Table A.14 - SELECTED INTERNATIONAL COMMODITY PRICES

Currency
and Unit
Effective
Date
Latest
Quotation
1 month
ago
1 year
ago
Average
1986-88
Sugar (I.S.A. daily price) U.S. cents per lb 23.01.96 12.5 12.4 14.9 7.7
Coffee (I.C.O. daily price) U.S. cents per lb 23.01.96 100.8 94.6 155.5 132.8
Cocoa (I.C.C.O. daily price) U.S. cents per lb 23.01.96 62.2 61.6 67.5 85.4
Tea (all tea, London, weekly) Pence per kg 22.01.96 113.0 . . . 103.9 114.0
Bananas (Central America, DM per ton 25.01.96 1 604 1/ 1 068 1/ 1 588 1/ 1 147
f.o.r., Hamburg) 904 2/ 925 2/
Rubber (RSS 1, spot London) Pence per kg 24.01.96 104.2 106.5 118.5 65.1
Cotton (COTLOOK, index "A"1-3/32") U.S. cents per lb 19.01.96 85.1 87.0 97.9 62.2
Wool (64's, London) Pence per kg 19.01.96 450 440 502 469

SOURCE: FAO 1/ EEC duty paid, estimated. 2/ Estimated price for new EC members, which includes a transitional duty.

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