date:Nov 27, 2012
ing October in comparison to last year was the cereals price index, which increased 12% year-on-year, to 259.4 points - although easing slightly from the previous month. The slight fall in price on last month was largely due to weaker demand from the livestock and industrial sectors.
The sugar price (288.2 points), oil price (206.4 points) and the dairy price (194 points) indexes all declined in October, falling 20%, 8%, 5% year-on-year, respectively.