25 March 2020
2020- n° 74In February 2020, oil prices drop Prices of oil and raw material imports - February 2020
In February 2020, the prices of oil in euros fell back strongly (−10.9% after −5.1%). The prices in euros of imported commodities (excluding energy) decreased more slightly (−0.4% after +0.7%) as a result of those of industrial raw materials (−2.2% after +1.5%). However, those of raw food materials recovered a bit (+1.4% after −0.3%).
In February 2020, the prices of oil in euros fell back strongly (−10.9% after −5.1%). The prices in euros of imported commodities (excluding energy) decreased more slightly (−0.4% after +0.7%) as a result of those of industrial raw materials (−2.2% after +1.5%). However, those of raw food materials recovered a bit (+1.4% after −0.3%).
tableauImported raw materials (excluding energy)
| Prices in foreign currencies | Prices in euros | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-01 | 106.6 | 106.6 |
| 2013-02 | 107.9 | 107.3 |
| 2013-03 | 104.8 | 107.1 |
| 2013-04 | 103.7 | 105.6 |
| 2013-05 | 102.4 | 104.5 |
| 2013-06 | 99.9 | 100.5 |
| 2013-07 | 102.1 | 103.4 |
| 2013-08 | 102.8 | 102.5 |
| 2013-09 | 100.0 | 99.5 |
| 2013-10 | 100.4 | 98.0 |
| 2013-11 | 100.9 | 99.4 |
| 2013-12 | 103.5 | 100.7 |
| 2014-01 | 102.8 | 100.4 |
| 2014-02 | 103.2 | 100.5 |
| 2014-03 | 104.8 | 100.9 |
| 2014-04 | 106.5 | 102.7 |
| 2014-05 | 103.3 | 100.1 |
| 2014-06 | 101.0 | 98.8 |
| 2014-07 | 103.0 | 101.1 |
| 2014-08 | 101.8 | 101.5 |
| 2014-09 | 98.0 | 100.7 |
| 2014-10 | 96.2 | 100.4 |
| 2014-11 | 95.7 | 101.3 |
| 2014-12 | 93.3 | 99.7 |
| 2015-01 | 89.6 | 101.1 |
| 2015-02 | 86.8 | 100.2 |
| 2015-03 | 83.9 | 101.4 |
| 2015-04 | 82.6 | 100.4 |
| 2015-05 | 84.1 | 98.7 |
| 2015-06 | 83.3 | 97.4 |
| 2015-07 | 80.4 | 95.7 |
| 2015-08 | 79.1 | 92.9 |
| 2015-09 | 78.1 | 91.0 |
| 2015-10 | 77.4 | 90.0 |
| 2015-11 | 74.4 | 90.3 |
| 2015-12 | 72.9 | 87.4 |
| 2016-01 | 72.3 | 87.1 |
| 2016-02 | 74.3 | 87.6 |
| 2016-03 | 77.7 | 91.6 |
| 2016-04 | 80.4 | 92.8 |
| 2016-05 | 80.1 | 92.5 |
| 2016-06 | 82.1 | 95.6 |
| 2016-07 | 84.4 | 99.8 |
| 2016-08 | 84.1 | 98.1 |
| 2016-09 | 83.0 | 96.8 |
| 2016-10 | 83.7 | 99.3 |
| 2016-11 | 89.2 | 107.8 |
| 2016-12 | 90.3 | 111.7 |
| 2017-01 | 92.1 | 113.3 |
| 2017-02 | 95.1 | 116.7 |
| 2017-03 | 94.5 | 115.5 |
| 2017-04 | 90.0 | 109.6 |
| 2017-05 | 89.0 | 105.3 |
| 2017-06 | 88.6 | 103.2 |
| 2017-07 | 91.8 | 104.2 |
| 2017-08 | 93.0 | 103.0 |
| 2017-09 | 91.3 | 100.1 |
| 2017-10 | 89.5 | 99.5 |
| 2017-11 | 90.2 | 100.6 |
| 2017-12 | 90.5 | 100.0 |
| 2018-01 | 93.5 | 100.3 |
| 2018-02 | 95.0 | 100.7 |
| 2018-03 | 94.1 | 99.9 |
| 2018-04 | 93.9 | 100.2 |
| 2018-05 | 95.3 | 105.5 |
| 2018-06 | 95.0 | 106.4 |
| 2018-07 | 90.7 | 101.5 |
| 2018-08 | 87.9 | 99.5 |
| 2018-09 | 86.6 | 97.1 |
| 2018-10 | 89.7 | 101.9 |
| 2018-11 | 88.8 | 101.9 |
| 2018-12 | 86.9 | 99.5 |
| 2019-01 | 88.8 | 101.4 |
| 2019-02 | 91.3 | 105.3 |
| 2019-03 | 90.8 | 104.7 |
| 2019-04 | 92.9 | 107.9 |
| 2019-05 | 92.0 | 107.3 |
| 2019-06 | 94.1 | 108.6 |
| 2019-07 | 95.9 | 111.5 |
| 2019-08 | 89.1 | 104.5 |
| 2019-09 | 88.5 | 104.9 |
| 2019-10 | 88.1 | 103.9 |
| 2019-11 | 88.8 | 104.7 |
| 2019-12 | 91.5 | 107.4 |
| 2020-01 | 91.7 | 108.1 |
| 2020-02 | 89.4 | 107.7 |
graphiqueImported raw materials (excluding energy)
- Source: INSEE.
Oil prices drop
In February 2020, the prices of North Sea crude oil (Brent) in euros drop (−10.9% after −5.1%) to an average of €51 per barrel. In dollars, the drop was a bit more marked (−12.5% after −5.3%).
tableauOil (Brent)
| 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 |
graphiqueOil (Brent)
- Source: INSEE.
tableauPétrole et dérivés
| prices | Changes (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| of lost months | over the last month | over the last 3 months | over the last 12 months | |
| Brent in $ per barrel | 55.7 | -12.5 | -11.9 | -12.9 |
| Brent in € per barrel | 51.1 | -10.9 | -10.7 | -9.3 |
| Gasoline cts €/$ | 38.3 | -2.8 | -7.0 | 5.0 |
| Gas Oil | 453.4 | -11.4 | -13.8 | -14.3 |
| Heavy fuel | 277.6 | -2.6 | 4.4 | -25.4 |
| Naphtha | 427.5 | -11.1 | -9.0 | -1.1 |
- Prices are in euros per tonne unless otherwise specified
- Source : Insee
Industrial commodity prices fell back
In February 2020, the prices of industrial raw materials fell back (−2.2% after +1.5%) driven by mineral materials prices (−4.6% after +2.0%), of which those of ferrous metals (−6.8% after +3.6%) and non ferrous metals (−4.1% after +0.3%). The prices of precious metals increased again (+4.0% after +5.8%). Those of agricultural raw materials accelerated clearly (+9.4% after +1.1%) driven by the price of pulp (+21.8% after (+0,3%). The prices of tropical wood recovered a bit (+0.9% after −0.1%) as those of as sawn softwood (+1.8% after +0.1%). The price of hide eased (+1.8% after +5,5%). The prices of natural textile fibres fell back (−1.3% after+3.7%) as well as natural rubber (−7.1% after +0.9%).
tableauIndustrial raw materials
| Prices in foreign currencies | Prices in euros | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-01 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| 2013-02 | 104.8 | 104.0 |
| 2013-03 | 98.5 | 100.8 |
| 2013-04 | 95.3 | 97.1 |
| 2013-05 | 90.4 | 92.4 |
| 2013-06 | 86.5 | 87.0 |
| 2013-07 | 89.0 | 90.2 |
| 2013-08 | 93.3 | 92.9 |
| 2013-09 | 92.1 | 91.5 |
| 2013-10 | 92.5 | 90.0 |
| 2013-11 | 93.3 | 91.6 |
| 2013-12 | 93.3 | 90.2 |
| 2014-01 | 91.5 | 89.0 |
| 2014-02 | 89.2 | 86.5 |
| 2014-03 | 86.7 | 83.0 |
| 2014-04 | 88.4 | 84.7 |
| 2014-05 | 85.1 | 82.2 |
| 2014-06 | 83.6 | 81.4 |
| 2014-07 | 86.8 | 84.9 |
| 2014-08 | 86.5 | 86.0 |
| 2014-09 | 82.8 | 85.0 |
| 2014-10 | 80.7 | 84.3 |
| 2014-11 | 79.5 | 84.3 |
| 2014-12 | 76.3 | 81.8 |
| 2015-01 | 72.3 | 82.2 |
| 2015-02 | 70.0 | 81.5 |
| 2015-03 | 67.6 | 82.4 |
| 2015-04 | 66.0 | 80.9 |
| 2015-05 | 69.1 | 81.7 |
| 2015-06 | 67.7 | 79.7 |
| 2015-07 | 62.5 | 74.9 |
| 2015-08 | 61.1 | 72.2 |
| 2015-09 | 61.4 | 72.0 |
| 2015-10 | 59.9 | 70.2 |
| 2015-11 | 55.8 | 68.3 |
| 2015-12 | 53.7 | 64.9 |
| 2016-01 | 53.1 | 64.3 |
| 2016-02 | 55.9 | 66.3 |
| 2016-03 | 60.4 | 71.7 |
| 2016-04 | 62.7 | 72.9 |
| 2016-05 | 60.8 | 70.8 |
| 2016-06 | 60.2 | 70.6 |
| 2016-07 | 63.6 | 75.7 |
| 2016-08 | 65.0 | 76.4 |
| 2016-09 | 63.2 | 74.3 |
| 2016-10 | 64.4 | 76.9 |
| 2016-11 | 71.7 | 87.4 |
| 2016-12 | 74.9 | 93.3 |
| 2017-01 | 75.2 | 93.1 |
| 2017-02 | 80.2 | 99.0 |
| 2017-03 | 79.4 | 97.8 |
| 2017-04 | 74.0 | 90.8 |
| 2017-05 | 70.5 | 84.0 |
| 2017-06 | 68.6 | 80.4 |
| 2017-07 | 73.1 | 83.6 |
| 2017-08 | 78.3 | 87.4 |
| 2017-09 | 78.5 | 86.8 |
| 2017-10 | 76.5 | 85.7 |
| 2017-11 | 77.8 | 87.3 |
| 2017-12 | 79.9 | 89.0 |
| 2018-01 | 84.0 | 90.8 |
| 2018-02 | 84.8 | 90.5 |
| 2018-03 | 81.0 | 86.5 |
| 2018-04 | 81.1 | 87.1 |
| 2018-05 | 82.3 | 91.8 |
| 2018-06 | 81.9 | 92.4 |
| 2018-07 | 77.8 | 87.8 |
| 2018-08 | 76.8 | 87.6 |
| 2018-09 | 76.2 | 86.1 |
| 2018-10 | 77.9 | 89.3 |
| 2018-11 | 76.7 | 88.9 |
| 2018-12 | 74.8 | 86.5 |
| 2019-01 | 76.7 | 88.5 |
| 2019-02 | 82.3 | 95.5 |
| 2019-03 | 81.8 | 95.3 |
| 2019-04 | 83.6 | 97.9 |
| 2019-05 | 83.5 | 98.3 |
| 2019-06 | 86.0 | 100.3 |
| 2019-07 | 90.2 | 105.9 |
| 2019-08 | 79.9 | 94.5 |
| 2019-09 | 80.5 | 96.3 |
| 2019-10 | 78.5 | 93.6 |
| 2019-11 | 77.3 | 92.0 |
| 2019-12 | 80.0 | 94.8 |
| 2020-01 | 81.1 | 96.3 |
| 2020-02 | 76.8 | 94.1 |
graphiqueIndustrial raw materials
- Source: INSEE.
Food commodity prices recovered a bit
In euros, the prices of imported raw food materials recovered slightly (+1.4% after −0.3%). Indeed, the prices of seafood products bounced back (+8.6% after −1.1%), the price of sugar accelerated (+7.9% after +6.9%), and the prices of cereals increased again (+0.5% after +4.4%). However, the prices of oil seeds and vegetable oils fell back (−0.9% after +0.7%) as well as those of meats (−3.5% after +1.8%).The prices of tropical foodstuffs decreased again (−0.5% after −4.5%).
tableauFood
| Prices in foreign currencies | Prices in euros | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-01 | 111.4 | 111.5 |
| 2013-02 | 112.2 | 111.8 |
| 2013-03 | 112.9 | 115.2 |
| 2013-04 | 114.5 | 116.4 |
| 2013-05 | 117.7 | 120.0 |
| 2013-06 | 117.0 | 117.8 |
| 2013-07 | 118.6 | 120.2 |
| 2013-08 | 114.8 | 114.8 |
| 2013-09 | 110.2 | 109.8 |
| 2013-10 | 110.6 | 108.3 |
| 2013-11 | 110.6 | 109.4 |
| 2013-12 | 116.5 | 114.1 |
| 2014-01 | 117.0 | 114.8 |
| 2014-02 | 120.6 | 118.0 |
| 2014-03 | 127.3 | 123.3 |
| 2014-04 | 129.2 | 125.2 |
| 2014-05 | 125.9 | 122.4 |
| 2014-06 | 122.7 | 120.4 |
| 2014-07 | 123.1 | 121.3 |
| 2014-08 | 121.0 | 120.9 |
| 2014-09 | 117.1 | 120.2 |
| 2014-10 | 115.6 | 120.6 |
| 2014-11 | 115.8 | 122.4 |
| 2014-12 | 114.4 | 122.0 |
| 2015-01 | 111.4 | 125.0 |
| 2015-02 | 108.1 | 123.8 |
| 2015-03 | 104.6 | 125.5 |
| 2015-04 | 103.6 | 125.1 |
| 2015-05 | 102.9 | 120.1 |
| 2015-06 | 102.9 | 119.7 |
| 2015-07 | 103.4 | 122.3 |
| 2015-08 | 102.3 | 119.5 |
| 2015-09 | 99.4 | 115.3 |
| 2015-10 | 99.7 | 115.4 |
| 2015-11 | 98.3 | 118.6 |
| 2015-12 | 97.7 | 116.6 |
| 2016-01 | 97.6 | 116.9 |
| 2016-02 | 98.3 | 115.2 |
| 2016-03 | 99.9 | 117.0 |
| 2016-04 | 103.1 | 118.2 |
| 2016-05 | 105.1 | 120.5 |
| 2016-06 | 111.1 | 128.5 |
| 2016-07 | 111.5 | 131.1 |
| 2016-08 | 108.8 | 125.9 |
| 2016-09 | 108.7 | 125.9 |
| 2016-10 | 108.8 | 128.2 |
| 2016-11 | 111.3 | 133.5 |
| 2016-12 | 109.1 | 134.3 |
| 2017-01 | 113.5 | 139.0 |
| 2017-02 | 113.8 | 138.9 |
| 2017-03 | 113.3 | 137.9 |
| 2017-04 | 110.3 | 133.6 |
| 2017-05 | 112.7 | 132.6 |
| 2017-06 | 114.5 | 132.6 |
| 2017-07 | 115.7 | 130.6 |
| 2017-08 | 111.4 | 122.7 |
| 2017-09 | 107.1 | 116.7 |
| 2017-10 | 105.7 | 116.8 |
| 2017-11 | 105.7 | 117.0 |
| 2017-12 | 103.4 | 113.5 |
| 2018-01 | 104.8 | 111.8 |
| 2018-02 | 107.2 | 113.0 |
| 2018-03 | 110.5 | 116.5 |
| 2018-04 | 109.8 | 116.3 |
| 2018-05 | 111.5 | 122.5 |
| 2018-06 | 111.2 | 123.6 |
| 2018-07 | 106.6 | 118.5 |
| 2018-08 | 101.4 | 114.1 |
| 2018-09 | 99.2 | 110.5 |
| 2018-10 | 104.3 | 117.3 |
| 2018-11 | 103.8 | 118.0 |
| 2018-12 | 101.9 | 115.5 |
| 2019-01 | 103.7 | 117.4 |
| 2019-02 | 102.1 | 117.2 |
| 2019-03 | 101.6 | 116.1 |
| 2019-04 | 104.0 | 119.9 |
| 2019-05 | 102.2 | 118.1 |
| 2019-06 | 103.6 | 118.5 |
| 2019-07 | 102.1 | 117.7 |
| 2019-08 | 100.2 | 116.5 |
| 2019-09 | 98.1 | 115.2 |
| 2019-10 | 99.5 | 116.5 |
| 2019-11 | 102.9 | 120.3 |
| 2019-12 | 105.6 | 122.8 |
| 2020-01 | 104.4 | 122.4 |
| 2020-02 | 104.7 | 124.1 |
graphiqueFood
- Source: INSEE.
tableauImported raw materials (excluding energy) in euros
| Index of las month | changes (in%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| over the last month | over the last 3 months | over the last 12 months | ||
| Food total | 124.1 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 5.9 |
| Tropical foodstuffs | 100.2 | -0.5 | 0.1 | 10.5 |
| Oil seeds, vegetable oils | 105.1 | -0.9 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| Cereals | 109.2 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 10.4 |
| Sugar | 82.4 | 7.9 | 20.0 | 21.6 |
| Meat | 140.1 | -3.5 | -2.3 | -3.7 |
| Seafood products | 138.6 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 9.0 |
| Industrial raw materials | 94.1 | -2.2 | 2.3 | -1.4 |
| Agricultural raw materials | 107.4 | 9.4 | 11.6 | -8.8 |
| Natural Fibres | 99.9 | -1.3 | 2.9 | -4.0 |
| Natural rubber | 48.8 | -7.1 | -1.7 | 0.4 |
| Hides | 54.6 | 1.8 | 4.2 | -4.1 |
| Wood pulp | 128.2 | 21.8 | 24.3 | -10.4 |
| Tropical wood | 101.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.7 |
| Sawn softwood | 158.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | -14.7 |
| Minerals | 90.4 | -4.6 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| Ferrous metals | 74.7 | -6.8 | 5.0 | 2.4 |
| Non-ferrous metals | 93.4 | -4.1 | -5.3 | -6.7 |
| Precious metals | 141.9 | 4.0 | 10.4 | 26.1 |
| All commodities | 107.7 | -0.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
- Source : INSEE
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