FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.2 - April 1999 p. 18

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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
1988-90
Sugar (I.S.A. daily price)
US cents per lb
23.03.99
5.8
6.8
10.1
11.4
Coffee (I.C.O. daily price)
US cents per lb
22.03.99
86.2
90.8
120.6
76.7
Cocoa (I.C.C.O. daily price)
US cents per lb
24.03.99
58.6
64.1
78.9
56.0
Tea (all tea, London, weekly)
US$ per kg.
22.03.99
2.0
1.8
2.1
1.5
Bananas (Central America,
DM per tonne
24.03.99
2 074 1/
1 820 1/
2 069 1/
1 107
f.o.r., Hamburg)
   
1 443 2/
1 341 2/
1 433 2/
 
Rubber (RSS 1, spot London)
Pence per kg.
24.03.99
42.8
47.0
47.5
54.5
Cotton (COTLOOK, index "A"
1-3/32")
US cents per lb
19.03.99
56.6
55.9
68.5
78.5
Wool (64's, London)
Pence per kg
19.03.99
302
315
380
466

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

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