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Informations rapidesIn April 2021, the price of oil decreased a bit Prices of oil and raw material imports - April 2021

In April 2021, the prices of oil in euros decreased a bit, after five months of sustained increase (−1.5% after +6.8% in March). The prices in euros of imported commodities (excluding energy) kept increasing (+5.2% after +3.5%), both as a result of industrial raw materials (+3.2% after +3.5%) and raw food materials (+6.8% after +3.5 %).

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For January 2021 to March 2021, in default of available data, values of pulp have simply been extended as constant, from dollars quotations. Actual data will be released once available.

In April 2021, the prices of oil in euros decreased a bit, after five months of sustained increase (−1.5% after +6.8% in March). The prices in euros of imported commodities (excluding energy) kept increasing (+5.2% after +3.5%), both as a result of industrial raw materials (+3.2% after +3.5%) and raw food materials (+6.8% after +3.5 %).

Imported raw materials (excluding energy)

index 2000=100
Imported raw materials (excluding energy) (index 2000=100)
Prices in foreign currencies Prices in euros
2013-01 106.8 106.6
2013-02 108.0 107.3
2013-03 105.3 107.1
2013-04 104.2 105.6
2013-05 102.9 104.5
2013-06 100.2 100.5
2013-07 102.4 103.4
2013-08 102.8 102.5
2013-09 100.0 99.5
2013-10 100.2 98.0
2013-11 100.7 99.4
2013-12 103.1 100.7
2014-01 102.5 100.4
2014-02 102.8 100.5
2014-03 104.3 100.9
2014-04 106.1 102.7
2014-05 102.9 100.1
2014-06 100.7 98.8
2014-07 102.8 101.1
2014-08 101.9 101.5
2014-09 98.6 100.7
2014-10 97.0 100.4
2014-11 96.7 101.3
2014-12 94.4 99.7
2015-01 91.5 101.1
2015-02 89.1 100.2
2015-03 86.8 101.4
2015-04 85.5 100.4
2015-05 86.5 98.7
2015-06 85.6 97.4
2015-07 83.1 95.7
2015-08 81.4 92.9
2015-09 80.2 91.0
2015-10 79.6 90.0
2015-11 77.2 90.3
2015-12 75.5 87.4
2016-01 74.7 87.1
2016-02 76.5 87.6
2016-03 80.0 91.6
2016-04 82.6 92.8
2016-05 82.2 92.5
2016-06 84.4 95.6
2016-07 87.0 99.8
2016-08 86.5 98.1
2016-09 85.4 96.8
2016-10 86.3 99.3
2016-11 92.1 107.8
2016-12 93.5 111.7
2017-01 95.3 113.3
2017-02 98.4 116.7
2017-03 97.7 115.5
2017-04 93.1 109.6
2017-05 91.7 105.3
2017-06 91.1 103.2
2017-07 94.1 104.2
2017-08 95.0 103.0
2017-09 93.2 100.1
2017-10 91.5 99.5
2017-11 92.2 100.6
2017-12 92.4 100.0
2018-01 95.1 100.3
2018-02 96.4 100.7
2018-03 95.5 99.9
2018-04 95.4 100.2
2018-05 97.3 105.5
2018-06 97.1 106.4
2018-07 92.7 101.5
2018-08 90.0 99.5
2018-09 88.5 97.1
2018-10 92.0 101.9
2018-11 91.2 101.9
2018-12 89.2 99.5
2019-01 91.1 101.4
2019-02 93.7 105.3
2019-03 93.2 104.7
2019-04 95.4 107.9
2019-05 94.6 107.0
2019-06 96.5 108.6
2019-07 98.4 111.5
2019-08 91.6 104.5
2019-09 91.2 104.9
2019-10 90.6 103.9
2019-11 91.4 104.7
2019-12 94.1 107.4
2020-01 94.5 108.3
2020-02 93.0 107.7
2020-03 90.3 103.4
2020-04 87.5 101.8
2020-05 90.4 104.9
2020-06 89.8 101.3
2020-07 91.2 101.3
2020-08 95.3 103.0
2020-09 97.2 105.3
2020-10 98.2 106.5
2020-11 100.6 108.7
2020-12 105.4 111.1
2021-01 108.4 114.3
2021-02 110.1 116.8
2021-03 112.7 121.1
2021-04 119.1 127.4

Imported raw materials (excluding energy)

  • Source: INSEE

Oil prices decreased a bit, after five months of sustained increase

In April 2021, the prices of North Sea crude oil (Brent) in euros increased again (−1.5% after +6.8%) to an average of €54 per barrel. The fall in dollars was less wide (−0.9% after +5.0).

Oil (Brent)

price per barrel
Oil (Brent) (price per barrel)
Prices in dollars Prices in euros
2013-01 112.0 84.3
2013-02 116.4 87.1
2013-03 109.7 84.6
2013-04 103.8 79.5
2013-05 103.0 79.4
2013-06 102.8 78.0
2013-07 107.7 82.3
2013-08 110.1 82.8
2013-09 111.6 83.6
2013-10 109.4 80.2
2013-11 107.7 79.9
2013-12 110.7 80.7
2014-01 107.6 79.0
2014-02 108.7 79.6
2014-03 107.9 78.0
2014-04 108.0 78.1
2014-05 109.2 79.6
2014-06 111.9 82.3
2014-07 108.6 80.2
2014-08 103.5 77.7
2014-09 98.9 76.7
2014-10 88.7 70.0
2014-11 80.8 64.8
2014-12 64.2 52.2
2015-01 50.1 43.1
2015-02 58.2 51.3
2015-03 57.3 52.8
2015-04 59.5 55.4
2015-05 64.1 57.5
2015-06 61.5 54.8
2015-07 56.6 51.4
2015-08 46.6 41.9
2015-09 47.6 42.4
2015-10 48.4 43.1
2015-11 44.3 41.2
2015-12 38.0 35.0
2016-01 30.7 28.3
2016-02 32.2 29.0
2016-03 38.2 34.4
2016-04 41.6 36.7
2016-05 46.7 41.3
2016-06 48.2 43.0
2016-07 45.3 41.0
2016-08 46.8 41.8
2016-09 47.7 42.5
2016-10 51.4 46.6
2016-11 47.1 43.7
2016-12 54.9 52.1
2017-01 55.4 52.2
2017-02 56.0 52.6
2017-03 52.6 49.2
2017-04 53.8 50.1
2017-05 51.4 46.5
2017-06 47.6 42.4
2017-07 49.1 42.6
2017-08 51.9 44.0
2017-09 55.5 46.6
2017-10 57.5 48.9
2017-11 62.7 53.4
2017-12 64.4 54.4
2018-01 69.1 56.6
2018-02 65.3 52.9
2018-03 66.0 53.5
2018-04 72.0 58.7
2018-05 76.9 65.2
2018-06 74.4 63.7
2018-07 74.3 63.5
2018-08 72.5 62.8
2018-09 78.9 67.7
2018-10 81.0 70.6
2018-11 64.7 57.0
2018-12 56.5 49.8
2019-01 59.4 52.0
2019-02 64.0 56.4
2019-03 66.1 58.5
2019-04 71.2 63.4
2019-05 71.2 63.6
2019-06 64.3 56.9
2019-07 63.9 57.0
2019-08 59.0 53.1
2019-09 62.8 57.1
2019-10 59.7 54.0
2019-11 63.2 57.2
2019-12 67.2 60.4
2020-01 63.6 57.3
2020-02 55.7 51.1
2020-03 31.9 28.8
2020-04 18.5 16.9
2020-05 29.4 27.5
2020-06 40.3 35.8
2020-07 43.2 37.7
2020-08 44.8 37.8
2020-09 40.9 34.7
2020-10 40.2 34.1
2020-11 42.7 36.1
2020-12 50.0 41.1
2021-01 54.8 45.0
2021-02 62.3 51.5
2021-03 65.4 55.0
2021-04 64.8 54.1

Oil (Brent)

  • Source: INSEE

Petroleum

Petroleum
prices Changes (%)
of last month over the last month over the last 3 months over the last 12 months
Brent in $ per barrel 64,8 -0,9 18,3 250,9
Brent in € per barrel 54,1 -1,5 20,2 219,9
Gasoline cts €/$ 43,9 -0,5 29,4 205
Gas Oil 434 -1,2 17,9 85,9
Heavy fuel 292 -6,5 12,1 211,1
Naphtha 462,5 -5,2 14 238
  • Prices are in euros per tonne unless otherwise specified

Industrial commodity prices increased because of mineral materials

In April 2021, the prices of industrial raw materials accelerated (+3.2% after +3.5%) because of the acceleration in mineral materials prices (+4.2% after +3.8%). As a matter of fact, the prices of ferrous metals increased again (+5.7% after +4.5%), those of precious metals recovered (+1.5% after −3.1%), but those of non ferrous metals eased (+3.6% after +4.4%). Otherwise, the prices of agricultural raw materials fell back (−1.3% after +2.0%). This fell were extended to all agricultural raw materials, whether it be natural textile fibres (−1.2% after +0.2%), natural rubber (−6.5% after +5.3%), hide (−0.7% after +1.7%), tropical woods (−0.8% after+1.7%) or sawn softwood (−0.7% after +1.7%).

Industrial raw materials

index 2000=100
Industrial raw materials (index 2000=100)
Prices in foreign currencies Prices in euros
2013-01 103.4 103.0
2013-02 104.9 104.0
2013-03 99.2 100.8
2013-04 95.9 97.1
2013-05 91.0 92.4
2013-06 86.8 87.0
2013-07 89.4 90.2
2013-08 93.4 92.9
2013-09 92.2 91.5
2013-10 92.3 90.0
2013-11 93.1 91.6
2013-12 92.9 90.2
2014-01 91.2 89.0
2014-02 88.9 86.5
2014-03 86.1 83.0
2014-04 87.8 84.7
2014-05 84.7 82.2
2014-06 83.3 81.4
2014-07 86.6 84.9
2014-08 86.6 86.0
2014-09 83.4 85.0
2014-10 81.5 84.3
2014-11 80.6 84.3
2014-12 77.5 81.8
2015-01 74.2 82.2
2015-02 72.2 81.5
2015-03 70.4 82.4
2015-04 68.8 80.9
2015-05 71.3 81.7
2015-06 69.9 79.7
2015-07 64.8 74.9
2015-08 63.1 72.2
2015-09 63.2 72.0
2015-10 61.7 70.2
2015-11 58.1 68.3
2015-12 55.9 64.9
2016-01 55.1 64.3
2016-02 57.7 66.3
2016-03 62.5 71.7
2016-04 64.7 72.9
2016-05 62.7 70.8
2016-06 62.0 70.6
2016-07 65.8 75.7
2016-08 67.1 76.4
2016-09 65.2 74.3
2016-10 66.6 76.9
2016-11 74.3 87.4
2016-12 77.9 93.3
2017-01 78.2 93.1
2017-02 83.3 99.0
2017-03 82.5 97.8
2017-04 76.9 90.8
2017-05 72.9 84.0
2017-06 70.7 80.4
2017-07 75.0 83.6
2017-08 80.1 87.4
2017-09 80.2 86.8
2017-10 78.3 85.7
2017-11 79.6 87.3
2017-12 81.7 89.0
2018-01 85.6 90.8
2018-02 86.1 90.5
2018-03 82.2 86.5
2018-04 82.4 87.1
2018-05 84.1 91.8
2018-06 83.9 92.4
2018-07 79.7 87.8
2018-08 78.8 87.6
2018-09 78.1 86.1
2018-10 80.0 89.3
2018-11 79.0 88.9
2018-12 77.0 86.5
2019-01 78.8 88.5
2019-02 84.6 95.5
2019-03 84.1 95.3
2019-04 86.0 97.9
2019-05 85.9 98.2
2019-06 88.4 100.3
2019-07 92.8 105.9
2019-08 82.3 94.5
2019-09 83.0 96.3
2019-10 80.9 93.6
2019-11 79.6 92.0
2019-12 82.4 94.8
2020-01 83.5 96.1
2020-02 79.8 93.1
2020-03 77.0 88.8
2020-04 74.5 87.2
2020-05 75.9 88.6
2020-06 80.0 91.0
2020-07 83.5 93.5
2020-08 89.5 97.7
2020-09 90.9 99.4
2020-10 91.1 99.9
2020-11 95.1 103.7
2020-12 104.2 110.9
2021-01 106.8 113.9
2021-02 107.8 115.5
2021-03 110.0 119.5
2021-04 114.2 123.4

Industrial raw materials

  • Source: INSEE

Food commodity prices kept accelerating

In euros, the prices of imported raw food materials accelerated again (+6.8% after +3.5% in March and +2.8% in February), as those of meats (+16.8% after +7.7%), seafood products (+10.5% after +5.9%) and oil seeds and vegetable (+2.1% after +1.0%). The prices of cereals recovered (+1.8%% after −1.7%) just like sugar (+2.3% after −5.2%). Only the prices of tropical foodstuffs fell back (−0.9% after +2.3%).

Food

index 2000=100
Food (index 2000=100)
Prices in foreign currencies Prices in euros
2013-01 111.4 111.5
2013-02 112.2 111.8
2013-03 113.2 115.2
2013-04 114.8 116.4
2013-05 118.0 120.0
2013-06 117.1 117.8
2013-07 118.9 120.2
2013-08 114.8 114.8
2013-09 110.1 109.8
2013-10 110.3 108.3
2013-11 110.5 109.4
2013-12 116.2 114.1
2014-01 116.7 114.8
2014-02 120.3 118.0
2014-03 126.8 123.3
2014-04 128.7 125.2
2014-05 125.5 122.4
2014-06 122.4 120.4
2014-07 122.9 121.3
2014-08 121.0 120.9
2014-09 117.5 120.2
2014-10 116.3 120.6
2014-11 116.7 122.4
2014-12 115.4 122.0
2015-01 113.4 125.0
2015-02 110.4 123.8
2015-03 107.5 125.5
2015-04 106.6 125.1
2015-05 105.5 120.1
2015-06 105.4 119.7
2015-07 106.3 122.3
2015-08 104.8 119.5
2015-09 101.9 115.3
2015-10 102.3 115.4
2015-11 101.8 118.6
2015-12 100.9 116.6
2016-01 100.4 116.9
2016-02 100.8 115.2
2016-03 102.5 117.0
2016-04 105.6 118.2
2016-05 107.6 120.5
2016-06 113.9 128.5
2016-07 114.5 131.1
2016-08 111.5 125.9
2016-09 111.4 125.9
2016-10 111.7 128.2
2016-11 114.5 133.5
2016-12 112.5 134.3
2017-01 117.0 139.0
2017-02 117.3 138.9
2017-03 116.7 137.9
2017-04 113.6 133.6
2017-05 115.7 132.6
2017-06 117.4 132.6
2017-07 118.4 130.6
2017-08 113.8 122.7
2017-09 109.3 116.7
2017-10 107.9 116.8
2017-11 107.9 117.0
2017-12 105.6 113.5
2018-01 106.5 111.8
2018-02 108.8 113.0
2018-03 112.0 116.5
2018-04 111.3 116.3
2018-05 113.6 122.5
2018-06 113.5 123.6
2018-07 108.8 118.5
2018-08 103.7 114.1
2018-09 101.2 110.5
2018-10 106.6 117.3
2018-11 106.3 118.0
2018-12 104.3 115.5
2019-01 106.2 117.4
2019-02 104.6 117.2
2019-03 104.1 116.1
2019-04 106.6 119.9
2019-05 104.8 117.5
2019-06 106.1 118.5
2019-07 104.7 117.6
2019-08 102.8 116.5
2019-09 100.8 115.2
2019-10 102.3 116.5
2019-11 105.8 120.3
2019-12 108.4 122.8
2020-01 107.3 122.4
2020-02 107.7 124.0
2020-03 105.1 119.5
2020-04 101.8 117.9
2020-05 106.2 122.6
2020-06 101.4 113.5
2020-07 100.9 111.2
2020-08 103.4 110.7
2020-09 105.9 113.7
2020-10 107.5 115.6
2020-11 108.5 116.3
2020-12 109.6 114.5
2021-01 113.1 118.1
2021-02 115.5 121.3
2021-03 118.4 126.1
2021-04 127.0 134.8

Food

  • Source: INSEE

Imported raw materials (excluding energy) in euros

Base 100 in 2010
Imported raw materials (excluding energy) in euros (Base 100 in 2010)
Index of last month changes (in%)
over the last month over the last 3 months over the last 12 months
Food total 134,8 6,8 14,2 14,4
Tropical foodstuffs 97,7 -0,9 4,7 1,6
Oil seeds, vegetable oils 132,4 2,1 7,1 32,4
Cereals 131,2 1,8 4,5 8,2
Sugar 81,1 2,3 3,7 46,9
Meat 185,7 16,8 33 50
Seafood products 118,2 10,5 15,8 -14,6
Industrial raw materials 123,4 3,2 8,3 41,5
Agricultural raw materials 97,3 -1,3 2,3 -1
Natural Fibres 99,8 -1,2 4,6 15,4
Natural rubber 54,5 -6,5 5,8 35,4
Hides 49,1 -0,7 1,7 22,5
Wood pulp 108,2 -0,7 1,6 -1,8
Tropical wood 98,3 -0,8 3,1 1,1
Sawn softwood 144,2 -0,7 1,6 -23,1
Minerals 129,4 4,2 9,7 54,6
Ferrous metals 138,5 5,7 7,4 91,3
Non-ferrous metals 117,5 3,6 13,1 43,2
Precious metals 155 1,7 -1 10,6
All commodities 127,4 5,2 11,5 25,2
  • Source: INSEE

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Crude oil: from 1986, the price of Brent gradually established as a representative reference price of European supplies.

Petroleum products: prices of petroleum are quotations from the Rotterdam market which supplies European market.

Indices of non-energy raw materials imported by France: the indices calculated by INSEE are monthly averages of raw materials prices, weighted by their share in the French imports of raw materials (2010 = 100).

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