| Marketing years | FAO Indices | International Prices | |||||||
| Oilseeds | Edible/Soap Fats/Oils |
Oilcakes/ Meals |
Soybeans 1/ | Soybean Oil 2/ |
Palm Oil 3/ |
Soybean Cake 4/ |
Rapeseed Meal 5/ |
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| October/September | (. . . . . . . . . . 1990-92=100 . . . . . . . .) | (. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S.$/tonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | |||||||
| 1997/98 | 109 | 154 | 116 | 256 | 634 | 641 | 197 | 138 | |
| 1998/99 | 89 | 125 | 82 | 209 | 483 | 514 | 149 | 104 | |
| 1999/00 | Oct.-Mar. | 83 | 98 | 87 | 206 | 374 | 356 | 176 | 122 |
| Apr.-Sep | 84 | 84 | 90 | 213 | 337 | 318 | 184 | 125 | |
| 2000/01 | Oct.-Mar. | 82 | 76 | 98 | 206 | 314 | 254 | 198 | 146 |
| Apr.-Sep | 82 | 86 | 94 | 197 | 356 | 289 | 178 | 135 | |
| 2001/02 | Oct.-Mar. | 83 | 95 | 100 | 188 | 378 | 323 | 175 | 135 |
| Apr.-Sep | 90 | 107 | 104 | 213 | 445 | 392 | 174 | 122 | |
Sources: FAO and Oil World.
Note: The FAO indices are calculated using the Laspeyres formula; the weights used are the average export values of each commodity for the 1990-92 period. The indices are based on the international prices of five selected seeds, ten selected oils and fats and seven selected cakes and meals.
1/ Soybeans (US, No.2 yellow, cif Rotterdam). 2/ Soybean oil (Dutch, fob ex-mill). 3/ Palm oil (Crude, cif North West Europe). 4/ Soybean cake (Pellets, 44/45%, Argentina, cif Rotterdam). 5/ Rapeseed meal (34%, Hamburg, fob ex-mill).