Markets and Trade

FAO keeps a constant watch on world markets of the main agricultural commodities, including basic foodstuffs, tropical products and raw materials. Monitoring activities serve as a basis for forward-looking analyses. In turn, these analyses assess global supply and demand prospects for commodities in the short- and medium-term and the impact of policy developments and other influential factors on commodity markets. Although global in focus, the team’s market appraisals build on in-depth commodity supply-and-demand assessments at the national level. 

FAO Food Price Index

The FAO Food Price Index measures the monthly changes in international prices of a basket of food commodities. The FAO Food Commodity Price Indices show changes in the monthly international prices of major food commodities.




csdb-dec-2024-ENFAO Cereal Supply and Demand Brief

The Cereal Supply and Demand Brief provides an up-to-date perspective of the world cereal market. The monthly brief is supplemented by the quarterly Crop Prospects and Food that provides a detailed assessment of cereal production and supply-and-demand conditions by country and region.


Commodity focus