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FAO Food Price Index up marginally in April
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Tuesday, 07 May, 2024, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Rome
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The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as higher prices of meat and modest upticks for vegetable oils and cereals outweighed decreases in sugar and dairy product prices, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), reported.
The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a set of globally-traded food commodities, averaged 119.1 points in April, up 0.3 percent from its revised March level, while down 9.6 percent from its level a year ago.
The FAO Cereal Price Index rose by nearly 0.3 percent from March, ending a three-month declining trajectory. Global wheat export prices stabilised in April, as strong competition among major exporters offset concerns about unfavourable crop conditions in parts of European Union, Russian Federation and United States of America. Maize export prices increased, influenced by a robust import demand amidst mounting logistical disruptions as a result of infrastructure damages in Ukraine and concerns about the production in Brazil ahead of the main harvest. The FAO All-Rice Price Index declined by 1.8 percent, due largely to falls in Indica quotations driven by harvest pressure.
The FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index also increased by 0.3 percent from March, reaching a 13-month high, as higher quotations for sunflower and rapeseed oil more than offset slightly lower prices for palm and soy oils.
The FAO Meat Price Index increased by 1.6 percent in April from the previous month, as international poultry, bovine and ovine meat prices all rose. By contrast, world pig meat prices fell marginally, reflecting slack internal demand in Western Europe and persistently lacklustre demand from leading importers, especially China.
The FAO Sugar Price Index declined by 4.4 percent from March to stand 14.7 percent below its April 2023 level. The decrease was mostly related to improved global supply prospects, notably due to larger-than-previously-anticipated outputs in India and Thailand and improved weather conditions in Brazil.
The FAO Dairy Price Index decreased marginally, by nearly 0.3 percent, ending six consecutive months of increases, led by sluggish spot import demand for skim milk powder and by lower world cheese prices impacted by the strengthening of the United States dollar. World butter prices, by contrast, increased amid steady global import demand.
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