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Dear All, We are pleased to share the latest issue of the
FPMA Bulletin
FAO/GIEWS
monthly report on food price trends at world, regional and country level with a focus on countries where prices of one or more basic food commodity are at abnormal high levels in main markets.
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FPMA Website.
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FPMA Bulletin 10 November 2016 KEY MESSAGES
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International wheat and maize prices increased slightly in October, underpinned by strong import demand. However, ample global supplies
and expectations of bumper crops kept average prices below their year-earlier levels. By contrast, quotations of rice continued to decline, as a result of new crop harvest and weak import demand.
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In Central America and the Caribbean, maize and bean prices continued to decline significantly with the new harvest, particularly in Honduras
and Nicaragua, while they spiked in the southwestern areas of Haiti, the worst hit by Hurricane Matthew.
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In Africa, coarse grain prices continued to decline in South Sudan, while in Nigeria the start of early harvest contained the increasing
trend of the past several months. Prices in these countries were still, however, two to three times higher than the corresponding month last year. Prices remained at high levels also in several importing countries of Southern Africa on account of overall tight
regional supplies.
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In Asia, rice prices declined or remained stable in most countries, while they continued to increase sharply and reached record highs in
Bangladesh, underpinned by tight market availabilities. |
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Enquiries may be directed to: GIEWS Food Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) Team Trade and Markets Division (EST)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome, Italy |
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