Sesame seed — Producer Price in India
India: Sesame seed — Producer Price was 27,500 LCU in 2008. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Producer Price in India, 1991–2008
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — producer price in India is 27,500 LCU, measured in 2008. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 8.8% on the previous year and up 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — producer price in India peaked at 27,500 LCU in 2008 and was at its lowest, 12,178 LCU, in 1992.
India ranks 21st of 33 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Producer Price in India, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12,921 LCU | — |
| 1992 | 12,178 LCU | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 13,145 LCU | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 15,524 LCU | +18.1% |
| 1995 | 18,056 LCU | +16.3% |
| 1996 | 15,873 LCU | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 15,967 LCU | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 20,832 LCU | +30.5% |
| 1999 | 19,359 LCU | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 18,845 LCU | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 18,978 LCU | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 21,311 LCU | +12.3% |
| 2003 | 23,989 LCU | +12.6% |
| 2004 | 23,254 LCU | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 24,244 LCU | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 25,272 LCU | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 27,500 LCU | +8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15,984 LCU | 12,178 LCU | 20,832 LCU | 9 |
| 2000s | 22,924 LCU | 18,845 LCU | 27,500 LCU | 8 |
Countries ranked near India
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — producer price in India?
- Sesame seed — producer price in India was 27,500 LCU in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — producer price recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 27,500 LCU in 2008.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — producer price recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,178 LCU in 1992.
- How does India rank for sesame seed — producer price?
- India ranks 21st out of 33 countries with data for 2008.
- Is sesame seed — producer price rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Producer Price (LCU/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.