Non-food agricultural commodity prices
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Although the overall dollar commodity price index has drifted down, the index of non-food agricultural prices has gained 12% this year. America's timber stocks are low, and Canada has cut shipments to head off import sanctions. Fashion fads and foot-and-mouth disease have boosted hides.
This article appeared in the Economic & financial indicators section of the print edition under the headline “Non-food agricultural commodity prices”
From the May 12th 2001 edition
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