TNAG-0050-FCO40-86-Disturbances-essential-food-supplies-1968 — Page 112

APPENDIX VII

INDICATIVE RICE PRICE MOVEMENTS 1962-66

(ANNUAL AVERAGES EXPRESSED IN $ A PICUL)

(a) Thai Whole Rice 5% Broken

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

:

...

Year

c.i.f. Hong Kong

Mark-up

Auction Price, Importers/ Wholesalers

Retail Price

Mark-up

for nearest

equivalent

grade

:

57.67 (a)

.22

57.89

4.33

62.22

57.13 (a)

-1.65

55.48

4.94

60.42

51.74 (b)

--2.08

49.66

7.84

57.50

51.03 (b)

58.52 (b)

1.79

52.82

7.39

60.21

4.08

62.60

1.36

63.96

(b) Thai Whole Rice 100% Broken A.1 Super

Year

c.i.f. Hong Kong

Mark-up

Auction Price, Importers/ Wholesalers

Retail Price Mark-up for nearest

equivalent grade

1962

43.43 (a)

2.83

46.26

5.13

51.39

1963

40.42 (a)

1.85

42.27

5.86

48.13

1964

36.13 (b)

3.68

39.81

6.44

46.25

1965

36.13 (b)

4.95

44.08

4.88

48.96

1966

46.15 (b)

6.83

52.98

3.69

56.67

(a) Derived from estimates by Commerce and Industry Department based on

quoted f.o.b. Bangkok prices.

(b) Derived from end-month figures supplied by trade sources.

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APPENDIX VIII (a)

Indicative Rice PRICES-THREE-MONTHLY Moving Average OF END-MONTH PRICES

THAI WHOLE RICE 5% BROKEN

HKS

70

PER PICUL

PRICE OF NEAREST RETAIL EQUIVALENT GRADE

-09

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IMPORTERS' SELLING

PRICE TO WHOLESALERS

IMPORT PRICE

(c.i.f. HONG KONG)

(SHIFTED FORWARD 3 MONTHS)*

*Note: The curve representing C.I.F. Hong Kong prices has been shifted to the right by the equivalent of three months to indicate more nearly the correspondence between the price at which the same rice bought in Bangkok was sold to wholesalers in Hong Kong.

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