FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook No.4 - September 1999 p. 18

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Table A.15- 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 27.08.99 5.7 5.4 7.8 11.4
Coffee (I.C.O. daily price) US cents per lb 27.08.99 75.9 80.3 100.6 76.7
Cocoa (I.C.C.O. daily price) US cents per lb 27.08.99 48.1 52.3 77.2 56.0
Tea (all tea, London, weekly) US$ per kg. 30.08.99 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.5
Bananas (Central America, DM per tonne 27.08.99 1 360 1/ 1 395 1/ 1 679 1/ 1 107
f.o.r., Hamburg)     1 085 2/ 1 110 2/ 1 206 2/  
Rubber (RSS 1, spot London) Pence per kg. 25.08.99 40.3 41.0 45.5 54.5
Cotton (COTLOOK, index "A"
1-3/32")
US cents per lb 27.08.99 50.5 53.5 67.6 78.5
Wool (64's, London) Pence per kg 27.08.99 284 306 300 466

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

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