Commodities prices continued to decline in 1992.

The prices of some primary commodities performed even worse.

The prices of primary commodities had declined against the prices of manufactures, especially during the 1980s.

Unstable prices for commodities were a serious issue.

Some of the prices that increased were those of commodities that Brazil exports.

Producers of primary commodities often suffer from the low prices paid to them.

Prices of commodities have declined further, in some cases even in nominal terms.

In 1992, the prices of virtually all primary commodities fell from their 1991 levels.

Liberians have also had to face rapidly rising prices for basic commodities.

The importance of fair and stable prices for commodities exported from developing countries was stressed.

They stressed the importance of fair and stable prices for commodities exported from developing countries.

Wide fluctuations in the prices of agricultural commodities will not be conducive to sustainable development.

Prices for many commodities have doubled over the past couple of years. Oil prices have risen almost 400 in the last five years.

Clearly, if African nations are exporters of major commodities, they stand to gain from the removal of foreign subsidies which reduce the world prices of these commodities.

CAMBRIDGE The prices of hydrocarbons, minerals, and agricultural commodities have been on a veritable roller coaster.

After all, these events don t really explain why prices of other commodities often followed that of oil.

Despite recent improvements, long term projections of the prices of commodities from the developing countries were unfavourable.

True, prices for many key commodities are up 25 to 50 since the start of the year.

Some recent rises in the prices of equities, commodities, and other risky assets is clearly liquidity driven.

Prices of agricultural commodities food, tropical beverages and vegetable oils and oilseeds also increased significantly in 2004.

Currently, the Maghreb countries suffer from soaring unemployment, poverty, and high prices for basic commodities.

Food prices are rising fast, placing some basic commodities out of reach for a growing portion of the population.

(e) Examination of the manner in which prices of natural commodities and their synthetic competitors could reflect environmental costs.

The persistent decline in the prices of commodities that determine the export earnings of developing countries is continuing this year.

45. Many developing countries were dependent on exports of commodities whose prices had continued to fall on world markets.

In that connection, commodities prices must be raised by, inter alia, increasing demand in the developed countries and eliminating speculation and price manipulation on international commodities markets.

In India, the installation of price tickers in remote local markets has resulted in shrinking spreads between the spot prices of commodities in these local markets and commodity exchange prices.

Average prices for food and other agricultural commodities are expected to decline in both 2005 and 2006.

Russia s government remains dependent on oil and gas exports for revenue, but the prices of these commodities are falling sharply.

The first is that our countries are unable to process the commodities they produce or set their prices.

Severe shortages of food and medical supplies could lead to famine in the country prices of basic food commodities had risen sharply.

Nevertheless, in the first half of 1993, real prices of many export commodities fell to their lowest levels in over three decades.

Diversification of commodities would reduce to some extent the vulnerability of many developing countries to fluctuations in commodity prices in international markets.

While food prices initially showed greater resilience, they have fallen more sharply than those of other commodities over the past year.

Prices of other major commodities, such as natural rubber, cotton, jute and sisal, fell by between 3 and 25 per cent.

Trends in commodities prices indicated that export diversification must remain a long term goal of commodity dependent countries, particularly in Africa.

A sharp increase in the prices of essential commodities means that the real income of the bottom 60 of the population has declined.

Despite the increased demand for commodities and the resultant high prices, gains were accruing to only a few countries.

This should be obtained, basically, by establishing a trading system making possible fair prices for commodities and other exports of developing countries.

However, agricultural commodities tend to attract low prices in the world market, which becomes a disincentive to the sustaining of such efforts.

Steps should also be taken to promote the consultations agreed upon at Cartagena concerning the possibility of convening an international conference on commodities, which could provide an opportunity for producer and consumer countries to devise practical mechanisms to set more remunerative prices for commodities and regulate the orderly evolution of prices.

Oil prices, just like the prices any basic commodities, can be affected by many factors, including geographical and economic circumstances, as well as speculation, a component of Western stock markets and hedge funds.

As more of China s population converges to Western standards of consumption, demand for commodities and thus their prices will remain on an upward trajectory.

Longer term equilibrium prices, however, are ultimately determined in cash markets where buying and selling physical commodities reflect the fundamental forces.

The debt problem has been exacerbated by the unfavourable terms of trade, especially the collapse of the prices of commodities, which are the mainstay of our economies.