FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook April 1998 Annex Tables p.9

FAO/GIEWS - Food Outlook April 1998

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/
	( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US$/ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
July/June
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
1996/97	181	158	157	135	133	125	299
1997 - March	177	154	168	128	121	125	318
September	152	143	155	113	113	110	274
October	155	145	150	120	120	113	261
November	151	138	142	117	120	117	276
December	145	136	135	114	118	113	264
1998 - January	141	130	126	115	106	115	257
February	141	128	123	114	106	113	258
March 5/ I	143	125	122	115	104	113	251
II	143	129	124	118	108	116	256
III	143	125	123	114	104	114	249
VI	141	124	125	111	99	111	251

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.