COMMODITIES AND TRADE DIVISION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2000

The Commodity Market Review highlights and analyses world market developments affecting agricultural, fishery and forestry products in general and for all principal primary agricultural commodities. It draws attention to events affecting the export and import activities of developing countries and summarizes the situation for each commodity in a series of tables based on information available to FAO up to January 2000.

Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, and Spanish.

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