date:Mar 11, 2013
onth in February. That is 2.5 per cent, or five points, less than in February 2012.
Since November 2012 the Index has moved within a narrow 210 - 212 point range as increases in the prices of dairy products and oils/fats were largely balanced out by declines in the prices of cereals and sugar.
Too early for global cereals forecast
At this stage of the season, with the bulk of the coarse grains and paddy crops yet to be planted it is still too early for even a preliminary global cereal forecas