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Meat List is a service of FAO's Trade and Markets Division<http://www.fao.org/economic/est/est-commodities/meat/en/>
The FAO Meat Price Index averaged 170.6 points in January, almost unchanged from its slightly revised value for December 2017. At this level, the index is 7.4 percent higher than its January 2017 value and 19.5 percent below its all-time high reached in August 2014. International price quotations for poultry and pigmeat continued to slide due to higher export availabilities amid weak import demand. Prices of bovine meat were up marginally, reflecting lower quantities offered for sale from Oceania, while those of ovine meat rose supported by strong international demand, especially from Asia and the Middle East.
* Unlike for other commodity groups, most prices utilised in the calculation of the FAO Meat Price Index are not available when the FAO Food Price Index is computed and published; therefore, the value of the Meat Price Index for the most recent months is derived from a mixture of projected and observed prices. This can, at times, require significant revisions in the final value of the FAO Meat Price Index.
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