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Food Outlook: Biannual Report on Global Food Markets. October 2016

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 141 p.

Author Trade and Markets Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title Food Outlook

Series number 1560-8182|0251-1959

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) From a global perspective, food markets are expected to remain generally well balanced in 2016/17 amid large export availabilities and relatively low and more stable international prices, especially for cereals. The world food import bill is set to dip to a six-year low, while still remaining above the USD 1 trillion mark.

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