FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook May/June 1997 Appendix Table A.6

Table A.6 - EXPORT PRICES OF CEREALS AND SOYBEANS

	Wheat			Maize		Sorghum	Soybeans
	U.S. No.2 Hard Winter Ord. Prot. 1/	U.S. Soft Red Winter No.2 2/	Argentina Trigo Pan 3/	U.S. No.2 Yellow 4/	Argentina 3/	U.S. No.2 Yellow 1/	U.S. No.2 Yellow 4/
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. $/ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
July/June
1992/93	143	142	124	97	103	95	220
1993/94	143	132	120	113	116	109	254
1994/95	157	145	136	104	110	103	221
1995/96	216	198	218	159	160	156	273
1996 - May	263	214	217	204	200	191	306
October	181	162	143	131	142	119	275
November	184	158	134	118	129	111	270
December	179	158	139	117	124	108	272
1997 - January	179	154	146	118	106	110	281
February	176	144	149	122	115	116	295
March I	177	154	168	128	121	125	318
April	187	157	179	125	119	121	321
May 5/ I	179	157	180	125	122	119	332
II	178	165	180	120	112	116	337
III	178	156	173	120	109	118	324
IV	162	148	183	116	112	115	321

SOURCES: International Grain Council, USDA, and Reuters.
1/ F.o.b. U.S. Gulf ports. 2/ F.o.b. U.S. Atlantic ports. 3/ F.o.b. Argentine ports. 4/ Delivered U.S. Gulf ports.
5/ Weekly prices refer to Thursdays, except for U.S. No.2 Hard Winter Wheat which is based on Tuesday quotations.