{"id":23951,"date":"2025-12-08T13:35:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=23951"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:35:36","slug":"prices-of-global-food-lowest-in-months-fao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/12\/08\/prices-of-global-food-lowest-in-months-fao\/","title":{"rendered":"Prices of global food lowest in months – FAO\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The November 2025\u00a0FAO<\/u><\/a>\u00a0food price index (FPPI) that tracks prices of global dainties dipped to 125.1 points, the lowest since April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November registered a 2% fall in the index month-on-month from the final October value of 126.6 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decrease is the third consecutive since September (128.5 points), indicating slowing inflation and gaining production among nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November\u2019s value decreased on account of declines in market quotations of nearly all food categories other than cereals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading the decrements was vegetable oil at 165 points or 2.6% down from October, itself the lowest in five months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palm oil rates decreased due to surplus production in Malaysia while those of canola oil retreated from positive output forecasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A similar situation informed the November meat index at 124.6 points or 0.8% below October\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although up 4.9% \u00a0annually, the monthly index\u2019s dip seemingly escaped pricey bovine cuts in places like the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poultry and pork prices however countered stability in beef to bring the value considerably down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sugar meanwhile declined for the third month in a row, reaching its cheapest level since December 2020 at 88.6 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its monthly value fell sharply by 5.9% and annually by 29.9%, underpinning 2025-26 sugar production surplus forecasts in Brazil and India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last time the sweetener reasserted itself in 2025 was\u00a0March\u00a0<\/u><\/a>when it broke even from the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same club were dairy prices, down to 137.5 points this November, versus 141.9 points in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fifth monthly consecutive pricing fall reflects glut in seasonal milk in Oceania and butter\/skim milk largesse in the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cereals only Exception  <\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Among the five categories of global food<\/u><\/a> prices, only cereals improved to 105.5 points – by 1.8% monthly and 5.3% annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wheat asserted the improvement despite an impressive North America\u2019s fall harvest, with similar prospects in Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FAO opines that worldwide wheat rates got rescue from glut bearishness by a return to purchases by China for the U.S.\u2019 crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps this is why wheat rates spiked by 2.5% monthly in November, with further support from a renewing Russia-Ukraine war. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rice lost by 1.5% in monthly prices due to abundant harvests in the northern hemisphere while sorghum and barley gained slightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next FFPI will be on January 9, 2026 and will be a good indicator of how the new year will be shaping up. In anticipation, the following data section compares three different indexes that track worldwide food rates.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global Food Prices <\/strong>Statistics<\/strong>: a Comparison<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Other than the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Bank and the Fed Bank of St. Louis all track world food rates. For the FAO Index<\/u><\/a>, here is how 2025 transpired: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Month<\/strong><\/td>FFPI<\/strong> [value points]<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
May \u201825<\/td>127.1<\/td><\/tr>
June \u201825<\/td>128.1<\/td><\/tr>
July \u201825<\/td>129.8 <\/td><\/tr>
August \u201825<\/td>129.8 <\/td><\/tr>
September \u201825<\/td>128.5 <\/td><\/tr>
October\u201925<\/td>126.4 <\/td><\/tr>
Nov\u201925<\/td>125.1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Fig 1:\u00a0FAO food price index\u00a0from May to November 2025<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The World Bank, on the other hand, showed food prices as expensive in January but cheapest in July and October. This is courtesy of the following data interpretation from YCharts:<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Month<\/strong><\/td>World Bank\u2019s food price index <\/strong>[value points]<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Jan \u201825<\/td>115.05<\/td><\/tr>
June \u201825<\/td>106.74<\/td><\/tr>
July \u201825<\/td>107.82 <\/td><\/tr>
August \u201825<\/td>106.78<\/td><\/tr>
September \u201825<\/td>107.16<\/td><\/tr>
October\u201925<\/td>106.30<\/td><\/tr>
Nov\u201925<\/td>108.84<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Fig 2:\u00a0World Banks\u2019s food price index, Jan-Nov, 2025<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An additional comparison source is the Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis<\/u><\/a>, whose global food prices tracker stood as follows by mid-2025:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Month<\/strong><\/td>Fed St Louis\u2019 global food price index <\/strong>[value points]<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Jan \u201825<\/td>135.64<\/td><\/tr>
Feb \u201825<\/td>132.07 <\/td><\/tr>
Mar \u201825<\/td>126.97<\/td><\/tr>
Apr \u201825<\/td>129.36<\/td><\/tr>
May\u201925<\/td>126.20<\/td><\/tr>
June\u201925<\/td>125.84<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Fig 3:\u00a0Federal Reserve\u2019s global food prices index, January-June 2025.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The November 2025\u00a0FAO\u00a0food price index (FPPI) that tracks prices of global dainties dipped to 125.1 points, the lowest since April. November registered a 2% fall in the index month-on-month from the final October value of 126.6 points. 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