New York Spot Prices for Brazil's Arabica Coffee 1/

 Year   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.  Annual
       Cents per pound
  1965  45.41  45.96  45.18  45.42  45.65  45.61  45.13  45.36  44.03  43.06  43.23  43.36  44.78
  1966  42.67  41.80  41.55  41.44  40.96  40.35  40.29  40.33  40.15  39.70  39.49  39.43  40.68
  1967  38.59  38.15  37.84  38.30  39.26  39.04  38.14  37.86  37.34  36.36  36.52  36.67  37.84
  1968  37.32  37.05  37.01  37.43  37.50  37.48  37.46  37.14  37.27  37.35  37.08  37.46  37.30
  1969  38.48  38.47  37.50  37.27  37.13  37.23  37.06    N/A  42.93  47.00  48.11  48.58  40.89
  1970  52.54  52.75  52.63  53.08  53.50  54.05  55.93  57.73  58.74  58.09  58.45  56.11  55.30
  1971  55.49  51.21  44.10  42.92  42.59  43.44  41.70  41.74  42.07  42.27  42.20  43.87  44.47
  1972  44.27  44.45  45.52  46.01  47.43  48.07  55.38  59.88  57.08  55.83  56.22  56.29  51.37
  1973  57.58  61.81  64.58  65.67  66.80  68.70  71.71  71.99  71.21  71.78  72.02  72.39  68.02
  1974  69.14  72.61  75.88  75.98  76.75  74.58  69.51  67.50  63.85  67.58  68.53  69.77  70.97
  1975  71.22  73.01  71.80  70.43  75.16  75.19  68.50  96.04  95.50  95.36  94.06  98.15  82.04
  1976 109.05 118.83 116.13 133.90 148.60 150.63 151.08 150.45 154.59 162.28 182.82 212.53 149.24
  1977 247.26 262.55 359.09 369.00 326.89 319.95 316.84 315.00 315.00 315.00 317.50 227.86 307.66
  1978 216.36 200.44 166.56 168.95 161.26 167.09 147.46 144.63 152.99 153.33 150.21 143.15 164.37
  1979 135.43 128.82 138.44 145.01 154.38 192.33 201.98 197.86 208.95 211.26 214.14 213.52 178.51
  1980 213.04 197.25 204.21 208.12 215.13 181.33 207.26 208.95 211.14 210.39 208.15 212.93 206.49
  1981 221.72    N/A 218.58 218.50    N/A 224.76 169.43 143.05 137.50 149.18 158.56 154.21 181.54
  1982 148.95 153.11 143.70 143.86 141.33 144.42 138.17 142.05 142.92 141.31 141.63 142.69 143.68
  1983 140.73 142.29 142.02 140.86 141.51 142.81 142.51 138.70 136.65 145.31 146.88 152.76 142.75
  1984 155.15 155.38 152.82 149.80 145.91 149.45 146.99 150.62 151.55 147.63 144.93 145.59 149.65
  1985 152.10 157.25 155.56 146.33 143.84 136.71 130.81 133.25 139.03 150.27 174.28 201.70 151.76
  1986 303.42 276.26 286.68 288.55 280.24 229.10 183.40 190.43 210.36 187.99 175.58 162.40 231.20
  1987 119.75 114.42  97.41 101.68 111.96  98.34  89.95  91.40 100.67 111.68 122.05 117.09 106.37
  1988 117.35 130.40 126.21 123.30 121.02 122.81 120.01 111.89 118.79 115.65 118.53 136.11 121.84
  1989 145.29 128.72 128.06 131.45 128.94 115.02  78.75  67.32  67.75  60.32  65.53  67.93  98.76
  1990  70.36  77.59  86.17  87.45  86.31  82.94  78.94  90.25  92.20  85.78  77.46  80.17  82.97
  1991  75.59  79.39  83.83  81.58  75.56  72.44  69.24  68.15  75.08  65.91  66.03  62.14  72.91
  1992  62.03  58.05  59.60  54.94  51.11  49.08  48.53  46.40  49.43  59.64  64.64  74.39  56.49
  1993  67.13  66.34  62.60  54.92  57.26  55.70  65.76  73.25  75.58  71.65  74.20  74.51  66.58
  1994  71.42  80.14  84.72  87.14 118.37 136.43 211.81 192.38 212.73 191.21 172.83 159.73 143.24
  1995 162.81 161.07 171.48 166.54 161.72 145.22 139.68 149.54 130.26 127.23 125.33 110.46 145.95
  1996 127.54 144.05 140.99 132.92 134.76 125.44 106.93 108.28 103.10 105.77 103.76 103.71 119.77
  1997 127.28 160.21 179.75 183.73 209.62 184.21 158.52 158.25 167.77                      169.93

1/  Prices through 1980 New York spot Santos #4.  Prices from 1981 are International Coffee Organization'
market prices for Brazilian and Other Arabicas.

Note:  N/A = not available.

Note:  Cumulative for current year is cumulative through latest available month.

October 1997                              Horticultural and Tropical Products Division, FAS/USDA