| Currency and Unit | Effective Date | Latest Quotation | 1 month ago | 1 year ago | Average 1987-89 | |
| Sugar (I.S.A. daily price) | U.S. cents per lb | 25.03.97 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 13.0 | 9.9 |
| Coffee (I.C.O. daily price) | U.S. cents per lb | 25.03.97 | 131.8 | 123.5 | 107.9 | 105.1 |
| Cocoa (I.C.C.O. daily price) | U.S. cents per lb | 25.03.97 | 70.9 | 62.7 | 60.5 | 72.9 |
| Tea (all tea, London, weekly) | Pence per kg | 24.03.97 | 143.7 | 128.0 | 109.1 | 110.6 |
| Bananas (Central America, | DM per ton | 21.03.97 | n.a. 1/ | 1 712 1/ | 1 901 1/ | 1 078 |
| f.o.r., Hamburg) | n.a. 2/ | 1 274 2/ | 1 273 2/ | |||
| Rubber (RSS 1, spot London) | Pence per kg | 26.03.97 | 80.2 | 79.5 | 103.2 | 63.0 |
| Cotton (COTLOOK, index "A" 1-3/32") | U.S. cents per lb | 21.03.97 | 80.1 | 80.3 | 83.6 | 71.4 |
| Wool (64's, London) | Pence per kg | 21.03.97 | 429 | 413 | 442 | 551 |