Tag Archives: FAO Food Commodity Price Indices

Updated forecasts suggest global stocks-to-use ratio may rise to quarter-century high… 06/02/2026 Rome – The measure of world food commodity prices declined in January for the fifth consecutive month, led by lower international quotations for dairy, sugar and meat products, according to the benchmark report released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization …

Benchmark of world food commodity prices averaged 4.3 percent higher across 2025 compared to 2024… 09/01/2026 Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices fell in December compared to the previous month, as declines in dairy product, meat and vegetable oil quotations more than offset increases in those for cereals …

Press release… Benchmark for globally traded food commodity prices was slightly below year-ago level… 07/11/2025 Rome – World food commodity prices generally declined in October, driven largely by ample global supplies, according to the benchmark measure released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The FAO Food Price Index, …

Press release… Comfortable global supply prospects expected for major crops… The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 128.8 points in September 2025, down slightly from its revised August level of 129.7 points. Declines in the cereal, dairy, sugar, and vegetable oil indices outweighed an increase in the meat index. Overall, the …

New forecasts point to growth in global cereal output, utilization, stocks and trade… 05/09/2025 Rome – The benchmark of world food commodity prices remained largely unchanged in August, as increases in meat, sugar and vegetable oil prices offset declines in cereal and dairy quotations, according to the new report released by the Food …

Press release… Global cereal production set to reach an all-time high, although hot and dry weather could impact yields… 04/07/2025 Rome – The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 128.0 points in June 2025, up 0.5 percent from May. Although international prices of cereals and sugar …

Press release… In a recent report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), it was revealed that the global food commodity price indicator increased in February, mainly driven by higher prices of sugar, dairy, and vegetable oil. The FAO Food Price Index rose by 1.6% compared …

Global food commodity prices declined by 2.1% in 2024 compared to the previous year, the United Nations food agency said on Friday, but they remain considerably higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) overall Food Price Index averaged 122.0 points last year – 2.6 …

Press release… The benchmark for world food commodity prices saw its fastest increase in 18 months in September, with quotations up for all covered commodity groups, led by sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international …

Cereal, meat and sugar prices down in August, while oil and dairy prices increase… Food prices in the world decreased 1.1% year-on-year in August and almost the same from July 2024, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Friday.
 Food prices also decreased by 24.7% from their peak …