TABLE 1: PADDY SUPPORT PRICES IN SELECTED COUNTRIES
COUNTRIES

LOCAL CURRENCY PER TONNE

US $ PER TONNE
  NOMINAL PRICES REAL PRICES
(deflated by CPI 1995/96=100)		 NOMINAL PRICES
DEVELOPING CURRENCY 1998/99   1999/00   2000/01   1998/99 1999/00 2000/01   1998/99 1999/00 2000/01
Exporters   
India: common Rupee 4400   4900   5100   3454 3590 3552   104 113 110
grade A Rupee 4700   5200   5400   3690 3810 3769   111 120 116
Myanmar Kyat 16774 1/ 16774 1/ . . .   7600 6285 . . .   2713 2712 . . .
Pakistan: irri Rupee 4375   4625   5125   3376 3426 3640   95 89 90
basmati Rupee 8250   8750   9625   6366 6481 6836   179 169 169
Thailand Baht 5460 2/ 5460 2/ 5460 2/ 4509 4531 4457   151 143 127
Importers     
Bangladesh Taka 7588   7913   8250 p 6541 6423 6435   164 163 162
Costa Rica Colón 74837   80000   84783   51223 49689 47444   291 280 275
Indonesia `000 Rupiah 1000   1400   1400   701 629 633   103 158 187
Iran, Rep. of `000 Rial 1181   1323   1856   666 612 761   674 755 1052
Korea, Rep. of `000 Won 1309   1376   1452   1111 1161 1208   992 1147 1274
Malaysia Ringgit 800 3/ 800 3/ 800 3/ 726 699 688   214 211 211
Philippines Peso 8000   9000   9000   6369 6711 6461   198 237 211
Sri Lanka Rupee 7420   10000   12000   5361 6906 8108   119 145 164
Turkey Million Lira 145   240   330   23 23 20   527 529 497
DEVELOPED CURRENCY 1998/99   1999/00   2000/01   1998/99 1999/00 2000/01   1998/99 1999/00 2000/01
       
EC Euro 316   298   298   293 272 265   365 313 260
Japan `000 Yen 263 4/ 259 4/ 252 4/ 256 253 248   2240 2520 2243
United States US $ 143 5/ 143 5/ 143 5/ 134 131 127   143 143 143
     
p provisional ... not available

1/ Myanmar Agriculture Produce Trading Company (MAPT) average of procurement prices

2/ Paddy, 5% broken

3/ Including a production subsidy of RM 250 per tonne of paddy delivered to a licensed mill or drying facility

4/ Husked rice basis

5/ Marketing Assistance Loan Rate

 

 

TABLE 2: UNITED STATES - SUPPORT TO RICE PRODUCERS
  Season average market price Target price Loan rate Deficiency payment Acreage reduction
  Paddy
(all average)		 Paddy (all average) Paddy (all average) Milled long grain Milled short/medium grain Milled brokens Per unit of paddy Total deficiency payment Total market loan/certificate payment  
  US$/TONNE US$/TONNE US$/TONNE MILLION US$ %
1991/92 167 236 143 236 215 118 68 458 84 - 5
1992/93 130 236 143 236 215 118 93 614 288 0
1993/94 176 236 143 236 215 118 88 571 270 - 5
1994/95 149 236 143 236 214 118 84 558 117 0
1995/96 202 236 143 236 214 118 71 471 0 - 5
1996/97 220 1/ 143 237 215 119 61 2/ 455 3/ 0 1/
1997/98 214 1/ 143 236 214 118 60 448 0 1/
1998/99 196 1/ 143 236 214 118 64 717 14 1/
1999/00 131 1/ 143 235 213 118 62 932 395 1/
2000/01 125 4/ 1/ 143 236 214 118 57 897 5/ 415 1/
 

Source: USDA

1/ From 1996/97 eliminated under the FAIR Act.

2/ From 1996/97 contract payment rate; deficiency payments eliminated under the FAIR Act.

3/ From 1996/97 total contract payments.

4/ From August 2000 to March 2001.

5/ Forecast as of July 12, 2000.

 

 

TABLE 3: RICE FOOD AID SHIPMENTS (1998-2000)

Donor countries

 1998 1999 2000
  Jan-Jun Jul-Dec Total Jan-Jun Jul-Dec Total Jan-Jun Jul-Dec Total
 

Thousand tonnes
Australia 37 12 49 30 8 38 42 14 56
EC & National Action 64 129 193 133 71 204 66 46 112
Japan 83 843 926 108 96 204 93 260 353
United States 62 177 239 140 341 481 137 339 476
Others 46 93 139 32 80 112 66 185 251
Grand total
of which:
Triangular transactions		 292 1 254 1 546

195

 443 596 1 039

108

 404 844 1 248

169
 

Source: WFP Interfais, 1999

 

TABLE 4: OILSEEDS , OILS AND FATS SUPPORT PRICES IN SELECTED COUNTRIES
Commodities/
Countries		 LOCAL CURRENCY PER TONNE US$ EQUIVALENT PER TONNE
CURRENCY in nominal terms in real terms
(deflated by CPI 1995=100)		 in nominal terms
1997 1998 1999 2000 1997 1998 1999 2000 1997 1998 1999 2000
Copra    
India Rupee 27000 29000 31000 32500 23116 21936 22399 22707 744 703 720 723
     
Groundnuts
(unshelled)		    
India Rupee 9800 10400 11550 12200 8390 7867 8345 8524 270 252 268 271
USA a/ US$ 672 672 672 672 638 628 615 595 672 672 672 672
USA b/ US$ 145 145 145 145 138 135 133 128 145 145 145 145
   
Olive Oil    
EU Ecu / Euro 3838 3838 3838 3838 3634 3570 3489 3373 4353 4299 4094 3546
    
Rapeseed     
India Rupee 8900 9400 10000 11000 7620 7110 7225 7685 245 228 232 245
Pakistan Rupee 11250 11250 12500 12500 9154 8614 9191 8873 275 250 254 237
USA US$ 205 205 205 205 195 192 188 181 205 205 205 205
    
Soybeans     
Brazil Reais 148 159 159 162 119 124 119 113 137 137 88 89
India (black) Rupee 6700 7050 7550 7750 5736 5333 5445 5415 185 171 175 172
India (yellow) Rupee 7500 7950 8450 8650 6421 6014 6105 6043 207 193 196 192
Pakistan Rupee 8625 8625 10250 10250 7018 6604 7537 7276 211 192 209 194
Rep.of Korea (grade 2) '000Won 1433 1512 1739 n.a. 1307 1284 1464 n.a. 1506 1079 1463 n.a.
USA US$ 193 193 193 193 183 180 177 171 193 193 193 193
    
Sunflowerseed    
India Rupee 10000 10600 11510 11700 8562 8018 8316 8174 275 257 267 260
Pakistan Rupee 11250 11250 12560 12500 9154 8614 9235 8873 275 250 256 237
USA US$ 205 205 205 205 195 192 188 181 205 205 205 205
    
Butter    
EU Ecu / Euro 3282 3282 3282 3282 3180 3159 3141 3087 3722 3676 3501 3033
USA (grade A) US$ 1433 1433 1433 1448 1370 1339 1311 1281 1433 1433 1433 1448
     
n.a. Not available

a/ Prices for production within marketing quota

b/ Prices for production additional to marketing quota

 

 

TABLE 5: CONCESSIONAL TRADE IN FATS AND OILS
  1994-96
average		 1997 1998 1999
Total concessional trade 1
of which:     vegetable oils
                  butter and other edible fats		 349
319
30 		291
286
5 		362
355
7 		301
300
1
Main supplying countries        
     Canada
     EU 2 3
     Norway
     USA		 24
103
6
209 		12
57
5
208 		17
63
7
264 		5
53
2
225
Recipient countries        
     Low-income food deficit
     countries4
     Other countries
245
104
175
116
212
150
204
97
 

1 Covers food aid shipments excluding purchases made in recipient countries.

2 EU (12) until 1994 and EU (15) thereafter.

3 Includes concessional trade funded through both Community resources and bilateral aid programmes operated by individual member countries.

4 Includes all food deficit countries with per caput incomes below the level used by the World Bank to determine eligibility for IDA assistance (i.e. with per caput income of US$ 1 460 and below in 1998), which, in accordance with the guidelines and criteria agreed by the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes, should be given priority in the allocation of food aid.

 

 

TABLE 6: EC SUPPORT TO THE BEEF SECTOR
    2000 1/ 2000/2001 2001/2002 from 2002/2003
INTERVENTION PRICE 2/ 5/  

Euro/tonne
Announced 3475 3242 3013  
Effective (84%) 3/ 2919 2723 2531 1560 5/
Safety net (78%) 4/ 2711 2529 2350  
PRIVATE STORAGE AID 6/ Basic price       2224
PREMIA 7/   1998 2000 2001 from 2002
 

Euro/head
Special premium 8/ Young bulls Overall ceiling   205 270 285
  EC 135 160 185 150
National ceiling   45 85 135
Steers Overall ceiling   244 272 420
  EC, 9 months old 108.7 122 136 210
EC, 19 months old 108.7 122 136 210
         
Suckler cow premium 8/   Overall ceiling   205 220 230
    EC 145 155 170 180
National   50 50 50
         
Slaughter premium 9/   Adult (8 months old) na 27 53 80
Calves (less than
seven months)		 na 17 33 50
 

1/ From 1 January to 30 June 2000

2/ Two separate conditions have to be met: 1. EC average market prices fall below 84 % of the intervention price, and market prices in the member state falls below 80 % of intervention price.

3/ Two separate conditions have to be met: 1. EC market prices fall below 78 % of the intervention price, and market prices in the member state falls below 60 % of the intervention price.

4/ The above intervention procedures will cease to exist from 1 July 2002, replaced with the private storage aid scheme.

5/ Recourse to intervention buying after 30 June 2002 will be only authorized under extreme market conditions.

6/ From 1 July 2002, private storage aid will operate subject to certain market requirements. Private storage will be opened when market prices fall below 103 percent of the basic price.

7/ Rights to the premia are subject to national and per farm ceilings.

8/ Payment of the special and suckler cow premiums are subject to a combined ceiling of two livestock units per hectare, per year. If the density does not exceed 1.4 livestock units per hectare and if animals are grass-fed, an additional EURO 100 per head premium will be granted.

9/ New program, introduced in 2000. Additional member state payments can be made on a headage or area payment. These cannot exceed 210 per ha in 2000, 280 in 2001 and 350 in 2002.

 

 

TABLE 7: INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE1/ TO AGRICULTURE AND TO THE LIVESTOCK AND MEAT SECTOR
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Current US$ Million
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURE 2/ 12,882 12,234 12,664 10,009 11,802 11,282 11742 12340 12605 10760
    
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THE LIVESTOCK AND MEAT SECTOR 203 168 274 163 127 231 332 154 169 82
Livestock as share of Total Assistance 2% 1% 2% 2% 1% 2% 3% 1% 1% 1%
    
BY DONOR:     
Bilateral 55 74 168 72 74 47 62 63 46 42
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 51 74 168 72 74 47 50 20 0 0
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multilateral 149 94 106 91 53 184 270 91 123 40
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa 0 0 0 4 0 9 13 0 0 0
African Development Fund 44 26 34 35 0 0 4 24 0 1
African Development Bank 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 76 0
Asian Development Bank 1 1 1 1 2 1 19 20 0 0
Caribbean Development Bank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB) 0 0 0 0 0 100 3/ 151 4/ 0 0 0
International Development Association (WB) 21 20 22 20 17 17 34 11 0 12
Inter-American Development Bank 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
International Fund for Agriculture Development 15 11 11 0 0 26 19 4 21 0
Inter-American Investment Corporation 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
International Livestock Research Institute 34 33 28 22 25 24 25 26 24 27
Islamic Development Bank 0 0 0 5 10 5 5 5 2 0
OPEC Fund for International Development (Multilateral) 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    
BY PURPOSE:     
Livestock (incl. Slaughter houses, dairies) 135 123 131 109 58 51 132 100 89 27
Hunting, trapping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Livestock research 41 40 61 29 33 55 37 31 27 29
Meat preserving (Incl. Quality control) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Animal feeds 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cold storage (incl. for fish) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Livestock services (incl.nutrition, feed resources, veterinary services) 26 5 82 20 35 125 163 23 52 13
  
* Provisional

1/ Based on commitments.

2/ Broad definition.

3/ Includes two loans to Morocco for drought recovery.

4/ Includes one loan to China for agroindustrial feed production.

 

 

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