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Food Outlook – Biannual Report on Global Food Markets

nov/20

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 107 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-133590-1

Series title Food Outlook

Series number nov/20

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) As it was projected earlier in the year, while most markets were braced for a major global economic downturn, the food sector, including markets for bananas and tropical fruits, continued to display more resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic than other sectors. This report provides supply and demand forecasts for basic foodstuffs, fish and fishery products along with price analysis, policy information and a preliminary assessment of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on trade in bananas and tropical fruits. The report’s special feature reviews recent trends in food imports bills and export earnings. Food Outlook is published by the Markets and Trade Division of FAO as part of the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS). It is a biannual publication (November and June) focusing on developments in global food markets. Food Outlook maintains a close synergy with another major GIEWS publication, Crop Prospects and Food Situation, especially with regard to the coverage of cereals. Food Outlook is available in English. The summary section is also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.

Markets at a Glance

  • Wheat
    • This report provides an analysis of the most recent developments in the global wheat market, including a short-term outlook. Read it here.
  • Coarse Grains
    • This report provides an analysis of the most recent developments in the global coarse grains market, including a short-term outlook. Read it here.
  • Rice
    • This report provides an analysis of the most recent developments in the global rice market, including a short-term outlook. Read it here.
  • Oilcrops, oils and meals
    • This report provides an analysis of the most recent developments in the global oilcrops market, including a short-term outlook. Read it here.
  • Sugar
    • This report provides an analysis of the most recent developments in the global sugar market, including a short-term outlook. Read it here.
  • Meat and meat products
    • This report provides an analysis of the most recent developments in the global meat market, including a short-term outlook. Read it here.
  • Milk and milk products
    • This report provides an analysis of the most recent developments in the global milk market, including a short-term outlook. Read it here.
  • Fish and fishery product
    • This report provides an analysis of the most recent developments in the global fish market, including a short-term outlook. Read it here.

Special features

Recent trends in food imports bills and export earnings: the COVID-19 challenge

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered fears as to whether international markets would still have the capacity to meet demands from countries that depend on trade for ensuring the food security of their populations. Actual data available up to June 2020, however, suggest strong, albeit not complete, resilience of the global food markets to COVID-19 shocks. Read it here.

Commodity Focus

Preliminary assessment of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on trade in bananas and tropical fruits: Apparent resilience and vulnerabilities

Amid an extraordinarily rapid decline in global economic activity and international transport, world supply and demand for bananas and tropical fruits have experienced COVID-19-related disruptions and contractions through several channels of transmission. This article presents a preliminary assessment of the current market situation and potential implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the production, trade and consumption of bananas and tropical fruits in 2020. Read it here.

Last updated date 13/11/2020 (data updated), see corrigendum

Cite this content as:

FAO. 2020. Food Outlook – Biannual Report on Global Food Markets: November 2020. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb1993en

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