Markets and Trade

About our work

The FAO Markets and Trade Division collects, analyses and disseminates information on the oilcrops market. The division regularly publishes comprehensive oilcrops market intelligence reports and short-term forecasts of supply, demand, trade, stocks and prices, alongside topical analyses and information on policy developments. In addition, the division services the Intergovernmental Group on Oilseeds, Oils and Fats that provides a forum for intergovernmental consultation and exchange on oilcrops production, consumption, trade and price trends. The group also regularly appraises the global oilcrops market situation and short-term outlook.  

Publications
Journal; magazine; bulletin
Oilseeds, Oils and Meals. Monthly price update  No. 184, November 2024
25/11/2024

The Monthly Price Update is an information product provided by the oilseeds desk of the Markets and Trade Division of FAO. It reviews the development...

Oilcrops complex: policy changes and industry measures - Annual compendium - 2020
10/05/2021

The 2020 compendium offers an overview of salient government policies and related private sector measures concerning global and national markets for...

Market information also featured in:

Short-term market outlook and analysis:

14/11/2024

FAO’s latest assessments indicate differing trajectories across different commodities, with wheat, maize, and sugar production set to decline, while outputs of dairy, fisheries, meats, oilseeds, and rice are expected to increase, with implications for utilization, trade, and stock levels. However, global food production remains susceptible to shocks arising from weather conditions, geopolitical tensions, and policies.

11/06/2024

This report provides an analysis of the most recent developments in the global oilcrops market, including a short-term outlook.

01/01/2024

The AMIS Market Monitor provides a synopsis of major developments in international commodity markets, focusing on wheat, maize, rice and soybeans. The analysis is a collective assessment of the member organizations of AMIS concerning the international market situation and outlook. Published ten times a year, the report aims at improving market transparency and detecting emerging problems that might warrant the attention of policy makers.

Medium-term projections:

02/07/2024

The Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033 is a collaborative effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It brings together the commodity, policy and country expertise of both organisations as well as input from collaborating member countries to provide an annual assessment of the prospects for the coming decade of national, regional and global agricultural commodity markets.

02/07/2024

The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033 provides a comprehensive analysis of the ten-year prospects for agricultural commodity and fish markets at national, regional, and global levels. The Outlook has been produced jointly by the OECD and FAO for 20 years, in collaboration with their Members and international commodity organisations.

06/07/2024

This chapter describes market developments and medium-term projections for world oilseed markets for the period 2024-33. Projections cover consumption, production, trade and prices for soybean, other oilseeds, protein meal, and vegetable oil.

06/07/2024

This chapter describes market developments and medium-term projections for world biofuel markets for the period 2024-33. Projections cover consumption, production, trade and prices for ethanol and biodiesel.

Price monitoring:

02/02/2024

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities. It consists of the average of five commodity group price indices weighted by the average export shares of each of the groups over 2014-2016. A feature article published in the June 2020 edition of the Food Outlook presents the revision of the base period for the calculation of the FFPI and the expansion of its price coverage, to be introduced from July 2020.

26/02/2024

The FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index averaged 142.4 points in September, up 6.2 points (4.6 percent) from August and reaching its highest level since early 2023.

26/02/2024

This Bulletin is a revamped edition of the Global Food Price Monitor issued until December 2014. The Bulletin reports on recent food price developments at world, regional and country level with focus on developing countries. The full Bulletin is available in English and selected abstracts in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian.

02/01/2023

Movements in agricultural commodity and food prices are indicators of changes in the fundamentals of supply and demand. As such, their levels are indicative of market imbalances that, for example, can portend to worsening food security. The timely monitoring of prices is also important for assessing the functioning and efficiency of international and national markets. Transparent and timely market information is a basis for evidence-based decision making and food security strategies.


Policy monitoring:

01/12/1999

The present issue of the Commodity Market Review (CMR) marks a significant departure from past issues of the same named FAO publication. In the past the main focus of the CMR was a review of developments in agricultural commodity markets, a description of the current situation, and a short term outlook for these commodities. The CMR 2001-2002 departed somewhat from this format, by including some short analytical articles, that tried to explain in more detail the factors that shape commodity mark et developments. In the past few years, the situation and outlook of food and agricultural commodities is being presented on the Commodities and Trade Division Web pages of the FAO Web site at www.fao.org (under “Departments” ES, Commodities and Trade Division) or directly at www.fao.org/ES/esc. This form of information provides greater scope for timely dissemination of detailed market information and more frequent updating than what is possible with conventional printed publications. The Web pages have undergone redesign that has made them more accessible and more user friendly. It is thus unnecessary to repeat the same information in printed form.

01/12/1999

This is the second issue of the Review of basic food policies, which covers policy developments in production, consumption marketing and trade of cereals, oilseeds and livestock products during the period 2001-2002. The policy information contained in the report is taken from country responses to FAO questionnaires and from publicly available sources.

Digital tools
FPMA

Food Price Monitoring and Analysis

AMIS

Agricultural Market Information System

Oilcrops Market Network

The Oilcrops Market Network is a multilingual service that provides information on current developments in the national and international markets for oilseeds, oils and meals, including on the technical and economic factors impacting production, consumption, trade, stock and prices. The network circulates regular market bulletins about developments in the world oilcrops economy – such as the Oilcrops Monthly Price Update – to subscribers via email, free of charge. Please subscribe here to the Oilcrops Market Network. By subscribing, you will be accepting the terms and conditions described in the FAO Data protection and privacy notice