After rising substantially in 1987, the overall price index for agricultural raw materials increased only modestly in 1988 (Table 49 and Chart 6). Price increases were recorded for logs, natural rubber, hides, and especially wool and jute, while prices for other agricultural raw materials declined. In the cases of tobacco and sisal, these declines were slight, but the price of cotton fell by nearly 20 percent (measured in SDRs).
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