Abstract

This study prepared by the Commodities Division of the Research Department reviews and analyzes the developments in commodity markets.

Statistical Appendix

Appendix Table 1.

Non-Fuel Primary Commodities: Indices of Prices in SDRs and Major Currencies, 1970–First Quarter 1990

(Indices: 1980=100)

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Source: Commodities Division, IMF Research Department. Data relate to a “world” index, that is, to a single basket of 34 non-fuel primary commodities and do not reflect differences in the composition of the basket of primary commodities exported or imported by different countries. See Appendix I of International Monetary Fund, Primary Commodities: Market Developments and Outlook, World Economic and Financial Surveys (Washington, May 1986) for a description of this index.

Non-fuel commodity prices deflated by the index of unit values of manufactured goods exports.

Appendix Table 2.

Non-Fuel Primary Commodities: Indices of Prices in SDRs and U.S. Dollars for Commodity Exports of Industrial Countries and of Developing Countries, 1970–First Quarter 1990

(Indices: 1980=100)

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Source: Commodities Division, IMF Research Department.

See Appendix I of IMF Primary Commodities: Market Developments and Outlook, World Economic and Financial Surveys (Washington, May 1986) for commodity weights in these indices.

Non-fuel commodity prices deflated by the index of unit values of manufactured goods exports.

Appendix Table 3.

Petroleum: Indices of Prices in SDRs and Major Currencies, 1970–First Quarter 1990 1

(Indices: 1980=100)

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Source: Commodities Division, IMF Research Department.

Index of average of spot prices for U.K. Brent, Dubai, and Alaska North Slope crude, equally weighted. See Appendix Table 4.

Non-fuel commodity prices deflated by the index of unit values of manufactured goods exports.

Appendix Table 4.

Petroleum: Prices in SDRs and U.S. Dollars, 1979–First Quarter 1990

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Source: Commodities Division, IMF Research Department.

Average of spot prices for U.K. Brent (light crude), Dubai (medium crude), and Alaska North Slope (heavy crude), equally weighted.

Appendix Table 5.

Cereals: Prices in SDRs and U.S. Dollars, 1979–First Quarter 1990

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Source: Commodities Division, IMF Research Department.

The weights in the index are as follows: wheat, 48 percent; maize, 36 percent; rice, 16 percent.

U.S. No. 1 hard winter wheat, ordinary protein, f.o.b. Gulf of Mexico ports.

U.S. No. 2 yellow corn, f.o.b. Gulf of Mexico ports.

Thai white milled rice, 5 percent broken, f.o.b. Bangkok.

Appendix Table 6.

Vegetable Oils and Protein Meals: Prices in SDRs and U.S. Dollars, 1979–First Quarter 1990

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Source: Commodities Division, IMF Research Department.

The weights in the index are as follows: soybeans, 41 percent; soybean meal, 24 percent; soybean oil, 11 percent; palm oil, 10 percent; coconut oil, 6 percent; fish meal, 5 percent; groundnut oil, 2 percent; groundnut meal, 1 percent; sunflowerseed oil and rapeseed oil are not included in the index.

Dutch, f.o.b. ex-mill Rotterdam.

Sumatra/Malaysian oil, c.i.f. Northwest European ports.

Any origin, ex-tank Rotterdam.

Dutch, f.o.b. ex-mill.

Philippine/Indonesian oil, in bulk, c.i.f. Rotterdam.

Any origin, c.i.f. Rotterdam.

U.S. origin, c.i.f. Rotterdam.

Argentine meal, in bulk, c.i.f. Rotterdam.

Any origin, c.i.f. Hamburg.

Appendix Table 7.

Sugar, Bananas, and Meat: Prices in SDRs and U.S. Dollars, 1979–First Quarter 1990

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Source: Commodities Division, IMF Research Department.

The weights in the index are as follows: free market, 50 percent; European Community, 16 percent; United States, 34 percent.

International Sugar Agreement price, which is an average of the New York contract No. 11 spot price and the London daily price, f.o.b., Caribbean ports.

Unpacked sugar, c.i.f. European ports.

U.S. future import price contract No. 14. Prior to June 1985, New York contract No. 12 spot price, c.i.f. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico ports.

Central American and Ecuador, f.o.b. U.S. ports. A box is 40 pounds.

Frozen boneless beef, Australian and New Zealand origin, f.o.b. U.S. ports.

Frozen New Zealand lamb, grade PL, Smithfield market, London.

Appendix Table 8.

Beverages: Prices in SDRs and U.S. Dollars, 1979–First Quarter 1990

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Source: Commodities Division, IMF Research Department.

The weights in the index are as follows: coffee, 63 percent; tea, 11 percent; and cocoa beans, 26 percent.

Central American and Mexican origin, average of prices ex-dock New York and ex-dock Bremen/Hamburg.

African origin, average of prices of ex-dock New York and ex-dock Le Havre/Marseille.

Any origin, average London auction prices.

International Cocoa Organization daily prices, averages of three nearest trading months on New York Cocoa Exchange and London Cocoa Terminal Market, c.i.f. U.S. and European ports.

Appendix Table 9.

Agricultural Raw Materials: Prices in