Sources, methodology and legal notice

Data sources

Price types

Not all prices are the same. Each series states where in the supply chain it is measured:

• Farm gate: What the farmer receives when selling at the farm. The closest price to the producer.
• Ex-packaging station
• Retail buying price
• National average: Country average reported by each Member State to the European Commission.
• Carcass at slaughterhouse (market price)
• Industry selling price
• Retail buying price
• Dairy industry selling price
• Live animal (market price)
• Industry selling price
• Packing station
• Carcass at slaughterhouse (market price)
• Carcass at slaughterhouse (market price)
• Industry selling price
• Retail buying price
• Not defined
• Paid to the farmer
• Free carrier (FCA)
• Ex-silo (exchange)
• Ex-silo: Price of stored grain leaving a merchant's or cooperative's silo. Usually above the price the farmer gets at the farm (in Spain, about €12–16/t higher).
• Ex-production area: Price leaving the production area, before transport.
• FOB (free on board): Price loaded on the ship at the port of departure. An export reference.
• DEPPROC
• Market price
• Retail selling price
• Delivered to processor (grain exchange)
• Delivered to first buyer: Price with the grain delivered to the first buyer (store or processor): includes haulage.
• Ex-silo (exchange)
• CIF (cost, insurance and freight): Price at the destination port, including freight and insurance. An import reference.
• Non-retail buying price
• Non-retail buying price
• Ex-silo (Cologne exchange)
• Ex-silo (Hannover exchange)
• Rendu port
• Not specified: The source does not state the trade stage. For olive oil it is usually the bulk price at origin.
• Delivered to processor: Price with the grain delivered to the processor (mill, feed plant…) after one intermediary.
• DEPPROC
• Ex-factory
• Ex-factory
• Delivered to port: Price with the grain delivered to the port, ready for export.
• Monthly average
• Short-term contracts
• Departure (France)
• Delivered to port (grain exchange)
• Ex-port

Methodology

• All prices are stored in euros per tonne. Olive oil is shown in €/100 kg, as published by the EU.
• Percentile: share of prices from the same time of year (± 3 weeks) in the previous 10 years that were below the current price. Only shown with at least 5 years of history.
• 5-year average: average of prices from the same time of year (± 3 weeks) in the previous 5 years.
• Calculator: for each of the last 10 years, selling in the month of the latest price is compared with selling a few months later, using the average price of each month and deducting storage costs and the cost of money.

Legal notice

Simulation based on historical data: past seasons do not guarantee future results. This is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell. Prices are reference prices published by official sources, not purchase offers.

Data comes from official sources and is reproduced citing its origin. Recolta normalises it (units and names) without altering its meaning. It may contain errors or revisions by the source.

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