Food Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) Bulletin #9, 10 October 2016

Year of publication2016

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

AbstractWheat and maize export quotations generally declined in September, remaining at multi-year lows on account of ample world supplies and expectations of bumper crops. Rice prices also declined on account of improved prospects for global supplies and weak demand for imports. In Africa, food prices continued to soar in Nigeria driven by the continuous sharp depreciation of the local currency and insecurity in some areas. In South Sudan, cereal prices declined in September with the new harvest, but remained at levels well above those a year earlier. In Central America, white maize prices declined significantly in September mostly reflecting improved supplies from the main de primera season harvest, which is anticipated to rebound from last year’s drought-reduced level.

 

Product typeJournal; magazine; bulletin

SeriesFood Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA)

RegionGlobal

ISSN2707-1960

Areas of workGlobal Information and Early Warning System

KeywordsFood prices; market prices; prices; retail prices; wholesale prices; early warning systems; world; cereals; maize; wheat; millets; rice.