31 January 2019
2019- n° 31In December 2018, agricultural prices increased by +5.2% over one year Indices of agricultural prices - December 2018
In December 2018, agricultural producer prices accelerated slightly over one year (+5.2% after +4.9% in November). Excluding fruit and vegetables, they were up by 4.4% over one year and by 0.4% over one month.
- Cereal prices up over one month
- Fresh fruit prices drop over one year, sharp increase for vegetables
- Animal prices rose over a month
- Decline over one year for egg prices, stability for milk
- Purchase prices of means of production down again over a month
- Revision
- To know more about French indices of agricultural prices
Cereal prices up over one month
In December 2018, cereal prices rose by 1.1% over one month after being steady in November. It has strenghtened their rise over one year (+26.4%). Soft wheat prices rebounded to +1.5% over a month after −0.3% in November, due to lower sales volumes of Black Sea wheat. Grain maize prices slowed to +1.4% over one month after +2.7% in November. French domestic demand was still buoyant, but Ukrainian competition remained strong. Oilseed prices were almost stable over one month (−0.1%) after a slight increase in November (+0.2%).
tableauProducer prices of cereals
| Producer prices of cereals | |
|---|---|
| 2014-01 | 108.3 |
| 2014-02 | 108.1 |
| 2014-03 | 114.6 |
| 2014-04 | 114.9 |
| 2014-05 | 107.6 |
| 2014-06 | 104.1 |
| 2014-07 | 102.7 |
| 2014-08 | 98.9 |
| 2014-09 | 90.3 |
| 2014-10 | 95.1 |
| 2014-11 | 102.1 |
| 2014-12 | 108.0 |
| 2015-01 | 108.1 |
| 2015-02 | 102.6 |
| 2015-03 | 102.5 |
| 2015-04 | 100.6 |
| 2015-05 | 92.9 |
| 2015-06 | 98.5 |
| 2015-07 | 109.0 |
| 2015-08 | 97.8 |
| 2015-09 | 92.7 |
| 2015-10 | 98.2 |
| 2015-11 | 100.1 |
| 2015-12 | 97.0 |
| 2016-01 | 89.6 |
| 2016-02 | 85.3 |
| 2016-03 | 83.6 |
| 2016-04 | 84.7 |
| 2016-05 | 86.8 |
| 2016-06 | 91.1 |
| 2016-07 | 94.8 |
| 2016-08 | 95.5 |
| 2016-09 | 92.7 |
| 2016-10 | 94.7 |
| 2016-11 | 96.8 |
| 2016-12 | 96.1 |
| 2017-01 | 98.6 |
| 2017-02 | 99.3 |
| 2017-03 | 96.8 |
| 2017-04 | 94.1 |
| 2017-05 | 93.1 |
| 2017-06 | 95.7 |
| 2017-07 | 96.7 |
| 2017-08 | 92.7 |
| 2017-09 | 92.5 |
| 2017-10 | 92.5 |
| 2017-11 | 92.4 |
| 2017-12 | 91.3 |
| 2018-01 | 90.5 |
| 2018-02 | 91.7 |
| 2018-03 | 93.5 |
| 2018-04 | 93.9 |
| 2018-05 | 97.3 |
| 2018-06 | 100.9 |
| 2018-07 | 109.1 |
| 2018-08 | 120.6 |
| 2018-09 | 114.7 |
| 2018-10 | 114.0 |
| 2018-11 | 114.1 |
| 2018-12 | 115.2 |
graphiqueProducer prices of cereals
- Source: INSEE.
Fresh fruit prices drop over one year, sharp increase for vegetables
In December 2018, fresh fruit prices fell by 5.0% over one year. Prices of apples contracted by 1.0% and those of clementines by 3.3%. The decline over one year was more pronounced for walnuts (−15.7%). Prices for fresh vegetables jumped 41.4% over one year. They were especially driven by higher prices for salads (+51.1%), endives (+36.3%) and onions (+86.3%).
tableauProducer prices of fresh vegetables
| Monthly agricultural producer price indices (IPPAP) - Fresh vegetables | |
|---|---|
| 2016-01 | 96.3 |
| 2016-02 | 94.2 |
| 2016-03 | 128.4 |
| 2016-04 | 114.9 |
| 2016-05 | 101.0 |
| 2016-06 | 102.3 |
| 2016-07 | 116.7 |
| 2016-08 | 101.6 |
| 2016-09 | 97.2 |
| 2016-10 | 110.1 |
| 2016-11 | 119.0 |
| 2016-12 | 113.3 |
| 2017-01 | 132.4 |
| 2017-02 | 133.5 |
| 2017-03 | 107.4 |
| 2017-04 | 111.2 |
| 2017-05 | 97.9 |
| 2017-06 | 102.8 |
| 2017-07 | 85.8 |
| 2017-08 | 94.1 |
| 2017-09 | 100.9 |
| 2017-10 | 97.9 |
| 2017-11 | 98.4 |
| 2017-12 | 97.6 |
| 2018-01 | 101.6 |
| 2018-02 | 102.8 |
| 2018-03 | 117.6 |
| 2018-04 | 109.5 |
| 2018-05 | 103.5 |
| 2018-06 | 102.4 |
| 2018-07 | 97.4 |
| 2018-08 | 103.6 |
| 2018-09 | 119.9 |
| 2018-10 | 112.8 |
| 2018-11 | 132.5 |
| 2018-12 | 138.0 |
graphiqueProducer prices of fresh vegetables
- Source: SSP (ministry in charge of agriculture).
Animal prices rose over a month
In December 2018, animal prices increased by 1.1% over one month after being stable in November. Cattle prices rebounded to +1.6% over one month after −1.9% in November. It has lessened their decline over one year: −1.0% after −3.0% in November. Pig prices went up again: +2.4% over one month after +3.9% in November. Over one year, their trend reversed: +0.9% after −0.8% in November.
tableauProducer prices of pigs and large cattle
| Large cattle | Pigs | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-01 | 104.6 | 116.8 |
| 2014-02 | 104.4 | 109.2 |
| 2014-03 | 103.8 | 107.2 |
| 2014-04 | 103.8 | 119.1 |
| 2014-05 | 103.1 | 118.8 |
| 2014-06 | 101.4 | 113.6 |
| 2014-07 | 100.5 | 111.0 |
| 2014-08 | 100.2 | 106.0 |
| 2014-09 | 99.9 | 97.9 |
| 2014-10 | 98.4 | 96.6 |
| 2014-11 | 96.9 | 99.8 |
| 2014-12 | 98.1 | 98.7 |
| 2015-01 | 98.1 | 98.0 |
| 2015-02 | 98.0 | 98.3 |
| 2015-03 | 98.6 | 101.3 |
| 2015-04 | 98.7 | 99.8 |
| 2015-05 | 99.3 | 100.4 |
| 2015-06 | 100.5 | 99.7 |
| 2015-07 | 102.2 | 100.0 |
| 2015-08 | 102.4 | 103.2 |
| 2015-09 | 102.3 | 101.9 |
| 2015-10 | 101.6 | 102.8 |
| 2015-11 | 99.8 | 99.2 |
| 2015-12 | 98.1 | 94.7 |
| 2016-01 | 97.4 | 97.0 |
| 2016-02 | 96.7 | 96.1 |
| 2016-03 | 96.7 | 92.9 |
| 2016-04 | 95.4 | 90.2 |
| 2016-05 | 94.2 | 96.6 |
| 2016-06 | 94.0 | 102.5 |
| 2016-07 | 93.4 | 106.2 |
| 2016-08 | 92.7 | 106.3 |
| 2016-09 | 91.9 | 110.5 |
| 2016-10 | 93.0 | 111.9 |
| 2016-11 | 94.6 | 111.1 |
| 2016-12 | 96.3 | 113.9 |
| 2017-01 | 96.5 | 115.9 |
| 2017-02 | 97.1 | 117.2 |
| 2017-03 | 97.4 | 116.5 |
| 2017-04 | 98.7 | 119.3 |
| 2017-05 | 98.8 | 117.5 |
| 2017-06 | 99.1 | 111.7 |
| 2017-07 | 97.7 | 108.7 |
| 2017-08 | 98.0 | 105.1 |
| 2017-09 | 99.6 | 99.4 |
| 2017-10 | 100.7 | 99.9 |
| 2017-11 | 100.1 | 102.3 |
| 2017-12 | 99.7 | 103.0 |
| 2018-01 | 98.5 | 100.2 |
| 2018-02 | 97.6 | 100.5 |
| 2018-03 | 97.8 | 102.0 |
| 2018-04 | 97.5 | 95.2 |
| 2018-05 | 98.0 | 95.6 |
| 2018-06 | 97.9 | 92.4 |
| 2018-07 | 98.6 | 90.0 |
| 2018-08 | 97.7 | 91.3 |
| 2018-09 | 99.0 | 94.3 |
| 2018-10 | 99.0 | 97.7 |
| 2018-11 | 97.1 | 101.5 |
| 2018-12 | 98.7 | 103.9 |
graphiqueProducer prices of pigs and large cattle
- Source: INSEE.
Decline over one year for egg prices, stability for milk
In December 2018, eggs prices fell by 30.4% over one year. By the end of 2017, French production was in high demand because of the fipronil crisis. Cow's milk prices was steady over one year in November 2018 after a rise of 1.0% in October.
tableauFigure4 – Index of producer prices of agricultural products (IPPAP)
| Variation as % over | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weights | Dec.2018 | a month | 3 months | a year | |
| Agricultural goods output | 1000 | 110.3 | /// | /// | +5.2 |
| excluding fruits and vegetables | 906 | 109.4 | +0.4 | +1.8 | +4.4 |
| Crop output (excluding fruits and vegetables) | 489 | 113.2 | -0.2 | +1.0 | +10.1 |
| Cereals | 152 | 115;0 | +1.1 | +0.4 | +26.4 |
| of which soft wheat | 90 | 118.3 | +1.5 | +1.4 | +31.9 |
| grain maize | 27 | 112.8 | +1.4 | +0.6 | +16.2 |
| Potatoes | 29 | 187.6 | /// | /// | +56.6 |
| Wines | 200 | 108.0 | -1.0 | +1.6 | -2.8 |
| PDO wines | 112 | 114.7 | -0.9 | +1.5 | -5.0 |
| other wines | 25 | 96.5 | -4.0 | +6.7 | +2.6 |
| Oleaginous | 40 | 95;0 | -0.1 | +1.7 | +2.4 |
| Horticultural products | 35 | 102.3 | -3.4 | +0.2 | -1.9 |
| Other crop products | 33 | 109.6 | +6.0 | +5.9 | +7.6 |
| Fruits and vegetables (1) | 94 | 119.7 | /// | /// | +14.3 |
| Fresh vegetables | 45 | 138;0 | /// | /// | +41.4 |
| Fresh fruits | 32 | 108.9 | /// | /// | -5.0 |
| Animal output | 417 | 104.8 | +0.9 | +2.6 | -2.1 |
| Animals | 255 | 100.0 | +1.1 | +1.7 | 0.0 |
| of which large cattle | 112 | 98.7 | +1.6 | -0.3 | -1.0 |
| calves | 20 | 98.2 | -0.4 | -3.3 | -3.3 |
| pigs | 49 | 103.9 | +2.4 | +10.2 | +0.9 |
| sheep | 14 | 97.1 | 0.0 | -1.4 | -3.2 |
| poultry | 57 | 100.2 | +0.3 | +1.9 | +2.8 |
| of which chicken | 39 | 100.1 | +0.3 | +1.4 | +2.8 |
| Milk | 146 | 108.9 | /// | +1.1 | +0.3 |
| of which cow milk (2) | 135 | 109.5 | /// | +1.3 | +0.3 |
| Eggs | 16 | 143.3 | +5.4 | +29.9 | -30.4 |
- /// Absence of meaning due to the nature of these series
- (1) Including vegetables for industry.
- (2)The November value of cow milk price index is the estimate of the December one. The previous month variation is the one commented in the text: unchanged over one year in November 2018.
- Sources : Insee, SSP (ministry in charge of agriculture)
Purchase prices of means of production down again over a month
In December 2018, intermediate consumption prices decreased by 0.7% after −0.3% in November. Energy prices decline accelerated (−5.8% over one month after −4.3%), in the wake of oil prices. Fertilizer and amendment prices increased by 0.6% over one month (after +2.0%) and those of animal feed by 0.3% (after +0.6%). Over one year, the prices of fertilizers and amendments went up by 11.5% and those of animal feed by 7.8%. Overall, the prices of intermediate consumption slowed down over one year (+ 4.9% in December after +5.7% in November).
Prices of capital goods were stable over one month and increased by 3.5% over one year.
tableauFigure5 – Indices of purchase prices of the means of agricultural production (IPAMPA)
| Variation as % over | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weights | Dec. 2018 | a month | 3 months | a year | |
| Total input | 1000 | 103.9 | -0.5 | +0.3 | +4.6 |
| Intermediate consumptions | 760 | 102.6 | -0.7 | +0.1 | +4.9 |
| Energy (1) | 93 | 113.3 | -5.8 | -6.7 | +5.6 |
| Seeds | 56 | 97.3 | -0.4 | -0.4 | +0.7 |
| Fertilisers and soil improvers | 107 | 96.8 | +0.6 | +4.9 | +11.5 |
| Plant protection products | 84 | 97.6 | -0.8 | -2.0 | -0.8 |
| Animal feed | 214 | 101.7 | +0.3 | +1.8 | +7.8 |
| Veterinary expenses | 37 | 108.2 | +0.4 | +1.2 | +2.5 |
| Small equipment and tools | 11 | 102.7 | -0.9 | +0.9 | +2.6 |
| Maintenance of materials | 88 | 105.7 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +2.8 |
| Maintenance of buildings | 9 | 105.7 | 0.0 | +0.3 | +2.2 |
| Other goods and services | 61 | 102.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.6 |
| Goods and services contributing to investment | 240 | 108.0 | 0.0 | +0.7 | +3.5 |
| Material | 168 | 107.9 | +0.1 | +1.1 | +3.8 |
| Tractors | 71 | 111.9 | 0.0 | +1.1 | +5.3 |
| Machinery and equipment for cultivation | 33 | 106.0 | +0.2 | +1.0 | +2.4 |
| Machinery and equipment for harvesting | 38 | 105.9 | -0.1 | +1.3 | +3.5 |
| Utility vehicles | 16 | 100.9 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +1.0 |
| Buildings | 72 | 108.5 | 0.0 | +0.2 | +3.5 |
- (1) The repayment of the domestic tax on energy product (TICPE) benefiting farmers has been applied in advance for the year 2018.
- Sources : Insee, SSP (ministry in charge of agriculture)
tableauPrix d’achat des moyens de production agricole
| Prix d’achat des moyens de production agricole | |
|---|---|
| 2014-01 | 102.9 |
| 2014-02 | 103.0 |
| 2014-03 | 103.1 |
| 2014-04 | 103.3 |
| 2014-05 | 103.3 |
| 2014-06 | 103.1 |
| 2014-07 | 102.5 |
| 2014-08 | 102.1 |
| 2014-09 | 101.6 |
| 2014-10 | 101.0 |
| 2014-11 | 100.4 |
| 2014-12 | 99.5 |
| 2015-01 | 99.1 |
| 2015-02 | 100.5 |
| 2015-03 | 100.7 |
| 2015-04 | 101.1 |
| 2015-05 | 101.3 |
| 2015-06 | 100.6 |
| 2015-07 | 100.2 |
| 2015-08 | 99.7 |
| 2015-09 | 99.6 |
| 2015-10 | 99.5 |
| 2015-11 | 99.3 |
| 2015-12 | 98.3 |
| 2016-01 | 97.8 |
| 2016-02 | 97.5 |
| 2016-03 | 97.6 |
| 2016-04 | 97.4 |
| 2016-05 | 97.9 |
| 2016-06 | 97.8 |
| 2016-07 | 97.3 |
| 2016-08 | 96.9 |
| 2016-09 | 97.0 |
| 2016-10 | 97.4 |
| 2016-11 | 97.2 |
| 2016-12 | 98.3 |
| 2017-01 | 98.6 |
| 2017-02 | 99.0 |
| 2017-03 | 98.9 |
| 2017-04 | 99.1 |
| 2017-05 | 98.7 |
| 2017-06 | 98.1 |
| 2017-07 | 97.9 |
| 2017-08 | 98.0 |
| 2017-09 | 98.4 |
| 2017-10 | 98.9 |
| 2017-11 | 99.2 |
| 2017-12 | 99.3 |
| 2018-01 | 100.1 |
| 2018-02 | 100.1 |
| 2018-03 | 100.4 |
| 2018-04 | 101.1 |
| 2018-05 | 102.0 |
| 2018-06 | 101.9 |
| 2018-07 | 102.2 |
| 2018-08 | 102.7 |
| 2018-09 | 103.6 |
| 2018-10 | 104.6 |
| 2018-11 | 104.4 |
| 2018-12 | 103.9 |
graphiquePrix d’achat des moyens de production agricole
- Sources : Insee, SSP (ministère chargé de l'agriculture).
Revision
The variation over one year of IPPAP and IPAMPA in november were unchanged.
To know more about French indices of agricultural prices
The index of producer prices for agricultural products (IPPAP) measures the changes in products prices when they are put on the market for the first time. It is published in base and reference 100 in 2015
The weight-coefficients of fresh fruits and vegetables change every month so that they reflect their very seasonal pattern. As a result their variations must only be interpreted year-over-year.
If needed, indices are seasonally adjusted.
The methodology can be found via the link hereafter: https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/documentation/Ipa_m_EN.pdf and for fresh vegetables and fruits in Agreste - Chiffres et Données - n° 165 - February 2005.
The index of purchase prices of the means of agricultural production (IPAMPA) reflects the variations of goods and services used in the agricultural process. It is not seasonaly adjusted.
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