FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook, November 1997 Table9

FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook, November 1997

Table A.6 - EXPORT PRICES OF CEREALS AND SOYBEANS

	Wheat			Maize		Sorghum	Soybeans
	U.S. No.2 Hard Winter Ord. Prot. 1/	U.S. Soft Red Winter No.2 2/	Argentina Trigo Pan 3/	U.S. No.2 Yellow 4/	Argentina 3/	U.S. No.2 Yellow 1/	U.S. No.2 Yellow 4/
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. $/ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
July/June
1993/94	143	132	120	113	116	109	254
1994/95	157	145	136	104	110	103	221
1995/96	216	198	218	159	160	156	273
1996/97	181	158	157	135	133	125	299
1996 - October	181	162	143	131	142	119	275
1997 - March	177	154	168	128	121	125	318
April	187	157	179	125	119	121	321
May	174	152	175	119	115	116	329
June	151	132	159	112	114	113	313
July	151	128	162	106	108	107	289
August	141	141	158	113	113	113	285
September	152	143	155	113	113	110	274
October 5/ I	153	140	150	112	114	113	246
II	154	146	150	122	122	116	262
III	158	147	152	123	123	117	272

SOURCES: International Grain Council, USDA, and Reuters.
1/ F.o.b. U.S. Gulf ports. 2/ F.o.b. U.S. Atlantic ports. 3/ F.o.b. Argentine ports. 4/ Delivered U.S. Gulf ports.
5/ Weekly prices refer to Thursdays, except for U.S. No.2 Hard Winter Wheat which is based on Tuesday quotations.