FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.3 - June 1999 p. 16

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Table A.13- SELECTED INTERNATIONAL COMMODITY PRICES

 
Currency
and Unit
Effective
Date
Latest
Quotation
1 month
ago
1 year
ago
Average
1989-91
Sugar (I.S.A. daily price)
US cents per lb
25.05.99
5.8
6.8
10.1
11.4
Coffee (I.C.O. daily price)
US cents per lb
25.05.99
94.0
83.9
113.7
76.7
Cocoa (I.C.C.O. daily price)
US cents per lb
25.05.99
45.9
51.5
81.6
56.0
Tea (all tea, London, weekly)
US$ per kg.
24.05.99
1.6
1.8
1.7
1.5
Bananas (Central America,
DM per tonne
27.05.99
1 743 1/
1 527 1/
2 065 1/
1 107
f.o.r., Hamburg)
   
1 335 2/
1 283 2/
1 576 2/
 
Rubber (RSS 1, spot London)
Pence per kg.
26.05.99
45.3
42.0
50.5
54.5
Cotton (COTLOOK, index "A"
1-3/32")
US cents per lb
21.05.99
59.9
58.0
64.8
78.5
Wool (64's, London)
Pence per kg
21.05.99
308
305
349
466

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

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