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New York Cocoa Bean Futures Prices 1/
Dollars per metric ton

  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
1985 2,130 2,205 2,180 2,239 2,118 2,017 2,110 2,165 2,233 2,259 2,158 2,249 2,172
1986 2,218 2,105 2,006 1,873 1,795 1,795 1,931 1,964 2,108 1,997 1,927 1,887 1,967
1987 1,898 1,870 1,922 1,982 1,980 1,918 2,048 1,955 1,920 1,850 1,856 1,810 1,917
1988 1,903 1,717 1,601 1,570 1,638 1,563 1,570 1,391 1,190 1,272 1,420 1,453 1,524
1989 1,404 1,501 1,413 1,270 1,198 1,199 1,279 1,221 1,078 1,008 961 933 1,205
1990 961 996 1,099 1,290 1,394 1,264 1,285 1,220 1,310 1,253 1,271 1,229 1,214
1991 1,202 1,161 1,168 1,100 1,026 990 988 1,087 1,234 1,270 1,256 1,307 1,149
1992 1,236 1,132 1,071 974 930 886 1,025 1,100 1,044 1,013 1,016 975 1,034
1993 986 929 909 938 924 908 981 1,010 1,157 1,176 1,199 1,249 1,030
1994 1,171 1,123 1,206 1,140 1,281 1,352 1,449 1,436 1,365 1,340 1,314 1,289 1,289
1995 1,373 1,401 1,371 1,369 1,338 1,329 1,269 1,332 1,314 1,325 1,363 1,305 1,341
1996 1,288 1,296 1,253 1,359 1,396 1,405 1,386 1,395 1,381 1,399 1,371 1,384 1,359
1997 1,360 1,289 1,426 1,458 1,461 1,566             1,427
1/ Average of the daily closing price of the nearest three active futures trading months on the New York market.
Note: The latest month is cumulative through the latest available day.
 

New York Cocoa Bean Futures Prices 1/
Cents per pound

  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
1985 98.3 100.0 98.9 101.6 96.1 91.5 95.7 98.2 101.3 102.5 97.9 102.0 98.7
1986 100.6 95.5 91.0 84.9 81.4 81.4 87.6 89.1 95.6 90.6 87.4 85.6 89.2
1987 86.1 84.8 87.2 89.9 89.8 87.0 92.9 88.7 87.1 83.9 84.2 82.1 87.0
1988 86.3 77.9 72.6 71.2 74.3 70.9 71.2 63.1 54.0 57.7 64.4 65.9 69.1
1989 63.7 68.1 64.1 57.6 54.3 54.4 58.0 55.4 48.9 45.7 43.6 42.3 54.7
1990 43.6 45.2 49.9 58.5 63.2 57.3 58.3 55.4 59.4 56.8 57.7 55.8 55.1
1991 54.5 52.7 53.0 50.0 46.5 44.9 44.8 49.3 56.0 57.6 57.0 59.3 52.1
1992 56.1 51.3 48.6 44.2 42.2 40.2 46.5 49.9 47.3 45.9 46.1 44.2 46.9
1993 44.7 42.1 41.2 42.5 41.9 41.2 44.5 45.8 52.5 53.3 54.4 56.7 46.7
1994 53.1 50.9 54.7 51.7 58.1 61.3 65.7 65.1 61.9 60.8 59.6 58.5 58.4
1995 62.3 63.5 62.2 62.1 60.7 60.3 57.6 60.4 59.6 60.1 61.8 59.2 60.8
1996 58.4 58.8 56.8 61.6 63.3 63.7 62.9 63.3 62.6 63.5 62.2 62.8 61.7
1997 61.7 58.4 64.7 66.1 66.3 71.0             64.7
1/ Average of the daily closing price of the nearest three active futures trading months on the New York market.
Note: The latest month is cumulative through the latest available day.
Source: The Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Inc.
June 1997 Horticultural and Tropical Products Division, FAS/USDA


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