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Description: Commodity Food Price Index, 2005 = 100, includes Cereal, Vegetable Oils, Meat, Seafood, Sugar, Bananas, and Oranges Price Indices
Unit: Index Number
Source: International Monetary Fund
See also: Agricultural production statistics
| Month | Value |
| May 2009 | 141.86 |
| Jun 2009 | 143.17 |
| Jul 2009 | 137.11 |
| Aug 2009 | 135.39 |
| Sep 2009 | 131.21 |
| Oct 2009 | 132.37 |
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AllAfrica.com - 2009/11/25 08:24:00
While food-price and commodity inflation has eased from last year, there were signs it could come back, Segoale said. "There are a number of factors coming through that suggest you could see some inflationary pressure coming through in some of our commodities."
