Sesame seed — Producer Price in India
India: Sesame seed — Producer Price was 27,500 SLC in 2008. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Producer Price in India, 1991–2008
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — producer price in India is 27,500 SLC, measured in 2008. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it 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 SLC in 2008 and was at its lowest, 12,178 SLC, in 1992.
That places India 21st out of 33 countries with data for 2008, putting it 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 | SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12,921 SLC | — |
| 1992 | 12,178 SLC | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 13,145 SLC | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 15,524 SLC | +18.1% |
| 1995 | 18,056 SLC | +16.3% |
| 1996 | 15,873 SLC | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 15,967 SLC | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 20,832 SLC | +30.5% |
| 1999 | 19,359 SLC | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 18,845 SLC | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 18,978 SLC | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 21,311 SLC | +12.3% |
| 2003 | 23,989 SLC | +12.6% |
| 2004 | 23,254 SLC | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 24,244 SLC | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 25,272 SLC | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 27,500 SLC | +8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15,984 SLC | 12,178 SLC | 20,832 SLC | 9 |
| 2000s | 22,924 SLC | 18,845 SLC | 27,500 SLC | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — producer price in India?
- Sesame seed — producer price in India was 27,500 SLC 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 SLC in 2008.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — producer price recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,178 SLC 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 (SLC/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.