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Soaring Food Prices and the EastAgri Region. Stefan Tangermann Director for Trade and Agriculture. EastAgri 2008 Annual Meeting, 11 September 2008. Cereal prices in real terms, schematic. Cereal prices in real terms, schematic. Cereal prices in real terms, schematic.
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Soaring Food Prices and the EastAgri Region Stefan Tangermann Director for Trade and Agriculture EastAgri 2008 Annual Meeting, 11 September 2008
Cereal prices in real terms, schematic } Transitory ? ? }20-30% • Bad weather • Low stocks • Panic • High oil price • Weak dollar • Biofuels (1/3 of which: Biofuels) } Long-term
Wheat prices in real terms Historical Projected March 2008
Maize prices in real terms Historical Projected June 2008
Rice price in real terms Historical Projected May 2008
Oilseed price in real terms Historical Projected April 2008
World commodity prices trend higher Percent growth between : average 2008-2017 and average 1998-2007
Is the bubble bursting? Weekly spot prices Wheat Maize Rice(right handaxis) Source: FAO
What happens to world prices, if … Change in world prices expected for 2017, relative to baseline Scenario 1: Biofuel production constant at 2007 level Scenario 2: Scenario 1 + Oil price constant at 2007 levels (72$) Scenario 3: Scenario 2 + Lower income growth in EE5 countries (half annual growth rate) Scenario 4: Scenario 3 + Progressive appreciation of the USD exchange rates to reach 10% higher rates in 2017 Scenario 5: Scenario 4 + Yields for wheat, oilseeds and coarse grains 5% higher than over the production period
Are China and India pushing up prices? Supply balance cereals (incl. rice) China India Historical Projected
Oilseeds: Brazil mirrors China Supply balance oilseeds China Brazil Historical Projected
Will the CIS be the world's break basket? Historical Projected
Russia will feed its livestock Historical Projected
CIS oilmeal surplus will grow Oilmeal net trade Historical Projected
… as will surplus of vegetable oil Vegetable oil net trade Historical Projected
Butter: CIS intra-trade and overall net imports Historical Projected
Cheese: CIS intra-trade and overall net imports Historical Projected
CIS to remain major meat import region Historical Projected
Conclusions • World prices will calm down … but remain higher than in the past … oil price, biofuel support policies are major drivers • Global production and consumption shifts increasingly towards non-OECD countries • CIS has potential to be major grains exporter
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