FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook, November 1997

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Table A.15 - SELECTED INTERNATIONAL COMMODITY PRICES

Currency
and Unit
Effective
Date
Latest
Quotation
1 month
ago
1 year
ago
Average
1987-89
Sugar (I.S.A. daily price) U.S. cents per lb 21.10.97 11.4 11.2 10.8 9.9
Coffee (I.C.O. daily price) U.S. cents per lb 21.10.97 114.8 128.5 98.0 105.1
Cocoa (I.C.C.O. daily price) U.S. cents per lb 21.10.97 77.7 79.1 67.4 72.9
Tea (all tea, London, weekly) Pence per kg 20.10.97 144.4 142.2 115.6 110.6
Bananas (Central America, DM per ton 23.10.97 1 977 1/ 2 075 1/ 1 240 1/ 1 078
f.o.r., Hamburg)

1 088 2/ 1 295 2/ 890 2/
Rubber (RSS 1, spot London) Pence per kg 22.10.97 57.0 58.7 81.5 63.0
Cotton (COTLOOK, index "A" 1-3/32") U.S. cents per lb 17.10.97 77.5 79.5 74.8 71.4
Wool (64's, London) Pence per kg 17.10.97 428 437 415 551

SOURCE: FAO
1/ EC duty paid, estimated.
2/ Estimated price for EFTA markets.

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