FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.1, February 1999

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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/
( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US$/tonne . . . . . . . . . . . )
July/June
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
1997/98 142 129 137 112 109 111 262
1998 - January 141 130 126 115 106 115 257
July
120 97 118 101 104 101 243
August
112 93 111 88 99 91 213
september
113 97 114 87 96 84 207
October
129 109 129 95 103 92 210
November
132 110 126 98 110 96.0 222
December
128 104 115 96 100 94.0 216
1999 - January 5/ I 128 107 114 99 96 97.0 214

II

128 105 115 98 94 95 209

III

124 100 108 97 95 96 207

IV

125 103 105 97 93 96 201


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.


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