February 2010 Commodity Price Data Development Prospects Group, The World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/ Email: gcm@worldbank.org COMMODITY PRICE DATA Annual averages Quarterly averages Monthly averages Jan-Dec Jan-Dec Jan-Jan Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-L r Nov Dec Jan Commodity Unit 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 Energy Coal, Australia gf_ $/mt 127.10 71.84 97.00 92.97 71.93 66.48 71.31 77.66 78.80 83.10 97.00 Crude oil, average fil $/bbl 96.99 61.76 77.12 56.00 44.11 59.19 68.21 75.50 77.55 74.88 77.12 Crude oil, Brent fil $/bbl 97.64 61.86 76.37 55.89 44.98 59.13 68.37 74.97 77.04 74.67 76.37 Crude oil, Dubai fil $/bbl 93.78 61.75 76.64 53.67 44.56 58.93 68.07 75.46 77.63 75.49 76.64 Crude oil, West Texas Int. fil $/bbl 99.56 61.65 78.36 58.45 42.80 59.52 68.21 76.08 78.00 74.49 78.36 Natural gas Index fil 2000=100 267.9 153.4 178.4 266.2 198.2 142.9 123.3 149.3 141.1 164.0 178.4 Natural gas, Europe gf_ $/mmbtu 13.41 8.71 8.80 15.75 11.94 8.18 6.91 7.81. 7.81 8.01 8.80 Natural gas, US fil $/mmbtu 8.86 3.95 5.81 6.40 4.57 3.70 3.17 4.36 3.69 5.37 5.81 Natural gas LNG, Japan gf_ $/mmbtu 12.53 8.91 10.00 14.62 10.90 7.60 7.91 9.24 9.13 9.50 10.00 Non Energy Agriculture Beverages Cocoa l2l ¢/kg 257.7 288.9 352.3 224.1 259.4 257.9 296.4 341.8 338.5 350.9 352.3 Coffee, Arabica l2l ¢/kg 308.2 317.1 350.3 267.8 283.9 320.2 322.7 341.7 335.6 348.7 350.3 Coffee, robusta l2l ¢/kg 232.1 164.4 154.5 192.6 175.8 165.3 160.1 156.4 153.2 154.1 154.5 Tea, auctions (3) average l2l ¢/kg 242.0 272.4 292.3 206.6 218.0 266.1 303.6 301.9 305.6 297.4 292.3 Tea, Colombo auctions l2l ¢/kg 278.9 313.7 341.1 208.8 261.7 299.1 356.1 338.0 335.0 326.7 341.1 Tea, Kolkata auctions l2l ¢/kg 225.5 251.5 251.4 220.2 177.4 271.3 273.0 284.4 291.2 267.7 251.4 Tea, Mombasa auctions l2l ¢/kg 221.8 252.0 284.5 190.8 214.9 228.0 281.7 283.2 290.6 297.7 284.5 Food Fats and Oils Coconut oil l1l $/mt 1,224 725 785 772 677 779 711 734 729 768 785 Copra $/mt 816 480 524 520 447 513 469 491 493 509 524 Groundnut oil l1l $/mt 2,131 1,184 1,314 1,773 1,283 1,166 1,133 1,152 1,116 1,192 1,314 Palm oil l1l $/mt 949 683 795 512 577 743 679 732 725 792 795 Palmkernel oil $/mt 1,130 700 878 609 577 763 700 761 726 829 878 Soybean meal l1l $/mt 424 408 405 320 365 424 431 412 422 401 405 Soybean oil l1l $/mt 1,258 849 924 830 755 863 856 921 931 935 924 Soybeans l2l $/mt 523 437 437 377 394 461 454 439 440 450 437 Grains Barley l1l $/mt 200.5 128.3 146.5 129.5 116.3 129.5 122.0 145.5 155.3 150.6 146.5 Maize l1l $/mt 223.1 165.5 167.3 168.4 166.9 176.0 151.3 167.8 171.6 164.6 167.3 Rice, Thailand, 5% l1l $/mt 650.2 555.0 571.3 564.4 586.3 552.4 539.0 542.3 542.8 591.0 571.3 Rice, Thailand, 25% $/mt n.a. 458.1 510.8 449.9 469.4 458.7 441.4 462.8 460.3 515.3 510.8 Rice, Thailand, 35% $/mt n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Rice, Thai, A.1 $/mt 482.3 326.4 419.8 314.1 323.4 326.3 309.7 346.1 337.0 403.0 419.8 Sorghum $/mt 207.8 151.1 161.8 151.0 145.3 155.8 139.3 163.8 166.0 166.3 161.8 Wheat, Canada $/mt 454.6 300.5 287.2 322.1 321.9 325.6 271.2 283.4 288.4 287.8 287.2 Wheat, US, HRW l1l $/mt 326.0 224.1 201.2 228.1 231.6 250.5 208.8 205.4 211.0 206.3 201.2 Wheat, US SRW $/mt 271.5 186.0 198.8 182.7 187.4 195.6 165.2 195.6 204.7 206.5 198.8 Other Food Bananas EU $/mt 1,188 1,145 941 944 1,142 1,288 1,118 1,032 1,027 989 941 Bananas US l1l $/mt 844 847 785 847 891 858 826 813 834 796 785 Fishmeal $/mt 1,133 1,230 1,683 1,023 1,013 1,097 1,276 1,535 1,526 1,651 1,683 Meat, beef l2l ¢/kg 313.8 263.6 295.1 268.0 245.2 262.8 273.2 273.5 275.6 280.0 295.1 Meat, chicken l2l ¢/kg 169.6 171.7 166.4 174.7 173.5 174.1 173.9 165.1 164.6 164.7 166.4 Meat, sheep ¢/kg 458.5 427.6 451.2 410.0 378.5 428.7 453.3 450.1 457.0 447.5 451.2 Oranges l2l $/mt 1,107 909 1,089 842 799 870 861 1,107 1,154 1,014 1,089 Shrimp, Mexico l2l ¢/kg 1,069 945 794 1,014 976 970 970 864 863 794 794 Sugar EU l2l ¢/kg 69.69 52.44 47.81 51.97 51.44 53.76 55.43 49.11 49.63 48.92 47.81 Sugar US l2l ¢/kg 46.86 54.88 86.77 44.72 43.82 47.89 57.31 70.48 70.25 73.42 86.77 Sugar, world l2l ¢/kg 28.21 40.00 58.36 26.28 28.85 33.89 46.98 50.29 49.07 51.87 58.36 Raw Materials Timber Logs, Cameroon $/cum 526.9 421.5 442.4 473.8 426.8 394.8 414.9 449.5 451.1 452.7 442.4 Logs, Malaysia l2l $/cum 292.3 287.2 258.2 315.7 313.6 284.5 279.6 271.1 272.0 264.8 258.2 Plywood ¢/sheets 645.5 564.6 557.2 645.5 572.8 565.8 561.5 558.4 558.6 557.2 557.2 Sawnwood, Cameroon $/cum 958.3 748.9 804.1 770.8 689.2 721.2 779.0 806.3 821.0 807.7 804.1 Sawnwood, Malaysia l2l $/cum 889.1 805.5 792.4 859.9 813.7 829.7 771.4 807.4 821.1 796.0 792.4 Woodpulp $/mt 820.2 614.6 731.4 711.0 565.1 550.0 627.7 715.6 722.0 731.4 731.4 Other Raw Materials Cotton A Index l2l ¢/kg 157.4 138.2 170.5 126.9 120.8 132.4 141.9 157.7 158.3 167.6 170.5 Cotton Memphis ¢/kg 161.3 145.3 179.7 129.4 122.4 137.5 148.8 172.4 173.9 179.5 179.7 Rubber RSS1, US ¢/kg 284.1 214.6 335.1 202.8 165.8 187.0 221.0 284.7 279.3 310.0 335.1 Rubber RSS3, SGP l2l ¢/kg 258.6 192.1 309.2 159.0 146.0 166.4 199.3 256.5 254.2 280.1 309.2 -1 - COMMODITY PRICE DATA Annual averages Quarterly averages Monthly averages Jan-Dec Jan-Dec Jan-Jan Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Apr- .,n Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Nov Dec Jan Commodi~ Unit 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 Fertilizers OAP Q[ $/mt 967.2 323.1 427.5 663.3 362.2 303.6 309.6 316.9 290.3 360.4 427.5 Phosphate rock Q[ $/mt 345.6 121.7 97.5 371.3 193.3 113.3 90.0 90.0 90.0 90.0 97.5 Potassium chloride !2l $/mt 570.1 630.4 354.4 766.7 865.2 726.7 506.8 423.0 435.0 399.0 354.4 TSP Q[ $/mt 879.4 257.4 296.3 658.7 321.7 247.7 224.7 235.7 228.5 232.0 296.3 Urea Q[ $/mt 492.7 249.6 275.8 292.2 267.3 241.1 241.6 248.3 244.8 261.1 275.8 Metals and Minerals Aluminum Q[ $/mt 2,573 1,665 2,235 1,821 1,360 1,485 1,812 2,003 1,949 2,180 2,235 Copper Q[ $/mt 6,956 5,150 7,386 3,905 3,428 4,663 5,859 6,648 6,676 6,982 7,386 Gold $/toz 872 973 1,118 795 909 922 960 1,102 1,127 1,135 1,118 Iron ore Q[ ¢/dmtu 140.6 101.0 101.0 140.6 101.0 101.0 101.0 101.0 101.0 101.0 101.0 Lead !2l ¢/kg 209.1 171.9 236.8 124.5 115.7 149.9 192.8 229.3 230.9 232.9 236.8 Nickel Q[ $/mt 21,111 14,655 18,439 10,843 10,471 12,920 17,700 17,528 16,991 17,066 18,439 Silver ¢/toz 1,500 1,469 1,775 1,020 1,265 1,376 1,477 1,760 1,788 1,764 1,775 Steel products index ,;/. 2000=100 289.3 227.1 205.8 310.4 274.5 215.5 210.8 207.4 206.8 205.1 205.8 Steel er coilsheet ,;I. $/mt 966 783 700 1,100 1,033 700 700 700 700 700 700 Steel hr coilsheet ,;I. $/mt 883 683 600 1,000 933 600 600 600 600 600 600 Steel rebar ,;I. $/mt 760 486 510 630 473 450 500 522 495 490 510 Steel wire rod ,;I. $/mt 1,010 969 750 1,200 1,200 1,007 857 814 825 768 750 Tin !2l ¢/kg 1,851 1,357 1,771 1,310 1,103 1,351 1,459 1,517 1,494 1,555 1,771 Zinc !2l ¢/kg 187.5 165.5 243.4 118.5 117.2 147.3 176.1 221.4 219.3 237.6 243.4 World Bank commodity price indices for low and middle income countries ( 2000 =100) Energy 342.0 214.3 267.5 212.9 166.3 204.5 230.3 256.1 261.5 256.7 267.5 Non Energy 272.0 213.1 248.9 206.3 189.9 207.8 219.8 235.2 235.4 241.9 248.9 Agriculture 229.5 197.8 222.1 178.6 181.9 197.1 199.5 212.5 213.3 217.6 222.1 Beverages 210.0 219.9 252.7 181.2 197.9 207.3 226.4 247.9 245.4 252.2 252.7 Food 247.4 205.1 221.1 185.7 190.4 209.8 206.4 213.7 215.3 217.9 221.1 Fats and Oils 277.3 216.2 230.6 182.4 191.4 227.9 220.9 224.5 225.6 231.1 230.6 Grains 281.7 214.9 214.0 218.6 221.3 225.3 202.3 210.8 214.3 217.0 214.0 Other Food 177.1 181.6 215.2 160.2 161.3 172.1 191.2 202.0 202.7 201.4 215.2 Raw Materials 195.7 168.7 208.7 160.0 153.1 161.1 168.9 191.7 192.0 199.4 208.7 Timber 150.5 138.9 133.8 149.4 143.1 141.8 133.6 137.3 139.2 135.1 133.8 Other Raw Materials 245.3 201.2 290.6 171.6 164.0 182.2 207.5 251.3 249.8 269.7 290.6 Fertilizers 566.7 293.0 255.2 492.2 376.6 300.6 252.1 242.8 242.2 243.5 255.2 Metals and Minerals 325.7 235.6 303.4 230.6 185.0 219.0 257.6 280.8 279.8 291.4 303.4 al Included in the energy index (2000=100) b/ Included in the non-energy index (2000=100) c/ Steel not included in the non-energy index $=US dollar ¢=US cent bbl= barrel cum = cubic meter dmtu = Dry Metric Ton Unit kg = kilogram mmbtu = million British thermal units mt = metric ton toz = troy oz n.a. = not available n.q. = no quotation SGP = Singapore ( * ) Series changed Description of Price Series Coal (Australia), thermal, f.o.b. piers, NewcasUe/Port Kembla, 6,300 kcal/kg (11,340 btunb), less than 0.8%, sulfur 13% ash beginning January 2002; previously 6,667 kcal/kg (12,000 btunb), less than 1.0% sulfur, 14% ash Crude oil, average spot price of Brent, Dubai and West Texas Intermediate, equally weighed Crude oil, U.K. Brent 38' API, f.o.b. U.K ports, spot price Crude oil, Dubai Fateh 32' API, f.o.b. Dubai, spot pries Crude oil, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) 40' API, f.o.b. Midland Texas, spot price Natural Gas Index, composite index weighted by consumption volumes for Europe, US and Japan liquefied natural gas (LNG). Natural Gas (Europe), average import border price excluding UK beginning June 2000 : previously including UK Natural Gas (U.S.), spot price at Henry Hub, Louisiana Natural gas LNG (Japan), import price, cif, recent two months' averages are estimates. Cocoa (ICCO), International Cocoa Organization daily price, average of the first three positions on the terminal mar1