The month of July saw FAO’s price indices for oilseeds and vegetable oils rise to multi-month highs, gaining, respectively, 3.1 and 6.6 points (or 3.5 and 7.6 percent). By contrast, in the case of oilmeals, the price index only marginally recovered from the marked falls registered in May and June, up merely 0.5 points (or 0.6 percent) in July. Compared to their year-earlier levels, the oilseeds and oilmeals indices stood,...

In June, FAO’s price index for oilseeds recovered moderately from the nine-month low observed in May, gaining 2.0 points (or 2.3 percent). Mean-while, the vegetable oils index saw a marked rebound after declining for four months in a row, climbing by 8.8 points (or 11.3 percent) from its May value. By contrast, the oilmeal index continued declining, shedding 1.9 points (or 2.3 percent) month-on-month and reaching a six-month low. While...

In May, FAO’s price index for oilseeds remained virtually unchanged, shedding only 0.2 points(or 0.1 percent). At the same time, the oilmeal index declined sharply, losing 16.2 points (or10.1 percent) and reaching the lowest level since December 2019. The vegetable oils index also fell, decreasing by 3.7 points(or 2.6 percent) month-on-month, marking a fourth consecutive drop. While the indices for oilseeds and oilmeals fared, respectively, 3.8 and 3.6 percent above...

In April, FAO’s price index for oilseeds contracted slightly, shedding 0.7 points (or 0.5 percent) and marking the lowest level since September 2019. By contrast, FAO’s oilmeal index appreciated for the fifth consecutive month, gaining 1.6 points (or 0.9 percent) and posting a 20-month high. In the meantime, the vegetable oils index remained on a downward slope, losing another 7.2 points (or 5.2 percent), though still faring slightly above the...

In March, FAO’s price index for oilseeds contracted for the second consecutive month, shedding 4.7 points (or 3.2 percent) and falling below the level recorded in the corresponding month of last year. The index for vegetable oils posted an even more pronounced fall of 19.0 points (or 12.0 percent), marking the lowest level recorded since October 2019. By contrast, FAO’s oilmeal price index strengthened further, gaining 13.0 points (or 8.0...

In February, after rising three months in a row, FAO’s price index for oilseeds posted a moderate drop, shedding 5.8 points (or 3.8 percent). Meanwhile, the vegetable oil price index saw a more pronounced drop of 18.2 points (or 10.3 percent), thus interrupting the upward trend observed since July 2019. By contrast, the oilmeal index remained virtually unchanged. Year-on-year, all three indices trailing the oilcrops complex fared above the respective...

In January, FAO’s price indices tracking the oilcrops complex continued to rise. The oilseeds and oilmeals indices increased for the second consecutive month, gaining, respectively, 5.0 and 4.2 points (or 3.4 and 2.7 percent). While the oilseeds index climbed to the highest level since May 2018, the index for oilmeals remained below the value observed in the corresponding month of last year. As for vegetable oils, the price index rose...

The month of December saw FAO’s three price indices related to the oilcrops complex appreciate. Month-on-month, the oilseed and oilmeal indices gained, respectively, 1.7 and 4.1 points (or 1.2 and 2.7 percent), but the strongest rise occurred in the vegetable oil segment, whit its index rising 14.1 points (or 9.4 percent) –marking the sixth increase in succession and the highest level since November 2017.

The 2018 compendium offers an overview of salient government policies and related private sector measures concerning global and national markets for oilcrops and derived products. Its purpose is to facilitate the work of policy makers, market experts, analysts and other interested stakeholders by providing a short, concise, overview of policy developments relevant to the sector. Detailed news items are presented in tabular form (in English only), preceeded by a breief...

Following a marked rebound in October, FAO’s price index for oilseeds fell by 2.2 points (or 1.5 percent) in November, although its value remained above the level recorded in the corresponding period of last year. Meanwhile, FAO’s oilmeal index remained virtually unchanged, shedding only 0.3 points (or 0.2 percent) month-on-month, whereas the price index for vegetable oils continued rising, gaining as much as 14.2 points (or 10.4 percent), which lifted...