Tag Archives: Global food prices

Price hikes for vegetable oils, sugar, dairy products offset decline in those for cereals, UN food agency report shows… The index for global food prices remained stable in June as hikes in prices for vegetable oils, sugar and dairy products offset a decline in those for cereals, according to the …

Global food prices rose for a third consecutive month in May, as higher cereals and dairy product prices outweighed decreases in prices for sugar and vegetable oils, the United Nations food agency said on Friday. The May reading was nonetheless 3.4% below the level seen a year earlier. The FAO …

World food prices rose for a second consecutive month in April as higher meat prices and small increases in vegetable oils and cereals outweighed declines in sugar and dairy products, the United Nations’ food agency said on Friday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most …

Vegetable oils, dairy products, meat prices drive higher food prices… The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) food price index rose 1.3 points, or 1.1%, to 118.3 points in March compared to February, soaring for the first time after a seven-month of downward trend. According to the FAO’s press release …

Price indices for vegetable oils, dairy, sugar drive January decline, while cereals, meat were largely stable, says UN body… Global food prices fell for the 10th consecutive month in January, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 131.2 points in January, …

Press release… FAO Food Price Index ends 2022 lower than a year earlier… 06/01/2023 Rome – The index of world food prices dipped for the ninth consecutive month in December 2022, declining by 1.9 percent from the previous month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. …

FAO food price index averages at 154.2 points in June, down 2.3% from month ago… Global food prices continued to decrease in June for the third consecutive month, thanks to a fall in prices of vegetable oils, cereals and sugar, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. The FAO …

The war in Ukraine is threatening further disruption to already stretched supply chains. Ukraine and Russia may only account for a small proportion of the imports of major manufacturing nations like Germany and the US, but they are essential suppliers of raw materials and energy for many crucial supply chains. Global food prices already rose sharply during …

Press release… Vegetable oils drive FAO Food Price Index higher in March while cereal quotations dip… 8 April 2021, Rome – Global food commodity prices rose in March, marking their tenth consecutive monthly increase, with quotations for vegetable oils and dairy products leading the rise, the Food and Agriculture Organization of …