United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: sugar price index rose for the fourth consecutive month by 30.9% year-on-year in May.

[food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: sugar price index rose 30.9% in May for the fourth month in a row] data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on June 2 showed that the FAO food price index averaged 124.3 points in May, down 3.4 points (2.6%) from the previous month and 35.4 points (22.1%) from the all-time high in March 2022. Among them, the FAO sugar price index averaged 157.6 points in May, up 8.2 points (5.5%) from the previous month, rising for the fourth consecutive month and up 37.3 points (30.9%) from a year earlier.