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Informations rapidesIn May 2021, the price of oil recovered Prices of oil and raw material imports - May 2021

In May 2021, the prices of oil in euros recovered (+4.3% after −1.5% in April). The prices in euros of imported commodities (excluding energy) eased (+3.9% after +5.2%), just like raw food materials (+1.8% after +6.8%). However, the prices of industrial raw materials accelerated (+6.5% after +3.2%).

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In May 2021, the prices of oil in euros recovered (+4.3% after −1.5% in April). The prices in euros of imported commodities (excluding energy) eased (+3.9% after +5.2%), just like raw food materials (+1.8% after +6.8%). However, the prices of industrial raw materials accelerated (+6.5% after +3.2%).

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
2021-05 125.5 132.4

Imported raw materials (excluding energy)

  • Source: INSEE

Oil prices recovered

In May 2021, the prices of North Sea crude oil (Brent) in euros recovered (+4.3% after −1.5%) to an average of €56 per barrel. In dollars, the price recovered too (+5.8% after −0.9).

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
2021-05 68.5 56.4

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 68,5 5,8 10 133
Brent in € per barrel 56,4 4,3 9,6 105,4
Gasoline cts €/$ 46 4,9 19,7 114,4
Gas Oil 457,3 5,6 9,2 86,9
Heavy fuel 319,1 9,3 9,4 154
Naphtha 484,3 4,7 8,3 147,7
  • Prices are in euros per tonne unless otherwise specified

Industrial commodity prices increased gain, because of mineral materials

In May 2021, the prices of industrial raw materials increased again (+6.5% after +3.2%) because of the acceleration in mineral materials prices (+7.9% after+4.2%). As a matter of fact, the prices of ferrous metals increased again (+13.9% after +5.7%), like those of precious metals (+4.0% after +1.7%), and those of non ferrous metals (+4.3% after +3.6%). Otherwise, the prices of agricultural raw materials decreased less than in April (−0.2% after −1.3%). The prices of natural textile fibres recovered (+1.7% after −1.2%), like those of natural rubber (+1.1% after −6.5%), hide (+2.3% after −0.7%) and tropical woods (+0.3% after −0.8%), while the prices of sawn softwood increased more (−1.4% after −0.7%).

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
2021-05 123.1 131.4

Industrial raw materials

  • Source: INSEE

Food commodity prices increased less than in April

In euros, the prices of imported raw food materials increased less than in April (+1.8% after +6.8% in April), because the prices of meats eased (+1.4% after +16.8%), and the prices of seafood products fell back(−6.3% after +10.5%). The prices of oil seeds and vegetable accelerated (+5.6% after +2.1%) like those of cereals (+4.3% after +1.8%) and sugar (+4.2% after +2.3%). The prices of tropical foodstuffs recovered (+6.1% after −0.9%).

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
2021-05 131.3 137.3

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 137,3 1,8 13,1 12
Tropical foodstuffs 103,7 6,1 7,5 10,7
Oil seeds, vegetable oils 139,8 5,6 11 41,9
Cereals 136,9 4,3 4,4 21,6
Sugar 84,5 4,2 1,1 45,3
Meat 188,3 1,4 27,6 10
Seafood products 110,7 -6,3 9,6 -13
Industrial raw materials 131,4 6,5 13,7 48,3
Agricultural raw materials 97,1 -0,2 0,4 6,1
Natural Fibres 101,5 1,7 0,7 14,4
Natural rubber 55,1 1,1 -0,4 37,8
Hides 50,2 2,3 3,3 48,7
Wood pulp 106,7 -1,4 -0,4 -2,9
Tropical wood 98,6 0,3 1,2 2,7
Sawn softwood 142,2 -1,4 -0,4 -10,2
Minerals 139,7 7,9 16,7 60,3
Ferrous metals 157,7 13,9 25,8 99,2
Non-ferrous metals 122,5 4,3 12,8 47,6
Precious metals 161,2 4 2,5 12,4
All commodities 132,4 3,9 13,4 26,3
  • 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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