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Table 3.6
Commodity prices

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Commodity prices: Part 1
  Commodity price index 1
Total Percentage change Excluding energy Energy Food Industrial materials
v36382 v36382 v36383 v36384 v36385 v36386
  82-90=100 percent 82-90=100
1972 36.6 .. 46.5 18.0 55.5 42.9
1973 49.4 35.1 65.2 20.0 87.4 56.2
1974 63.4 28.3 79.8 32.9 106.4 68.9
1975 65.0 2.5 75.9 44.8 95.6 67.9
1976 66.0 1.4 72.8 53.1 88.5 66.4
1977 66.5 0.8 71.5 57.1 79.2 68.4
1978 72.1 8.5 77.3 62.6 87.6 73.0
1979 87.2 20.9 93.6 75.1 101.1 90.6
1980 106.8 22.5 102.4 114.8 106.5 100.8
1981 115.3 8.0 98.1 147.6 108.4 93.9
1982 108.0 -6.4 89.6 142.1 103.3 84.1
1983 106.6 -1.2 92.7 132.6 103.0 88.6
1984 104.8 -1.8 93.3 126.1 105.9 88.2
1985 95.7 -8.6 86.2 113.4 94.9 82.7
1986 81.8 -14.5 87.3 71.6 89.4 86.5
1987 90.3 10.4 97.5 76.8 90.0 100.6
1988 100.1 10.9 117.4 67.8 102.1 123.7
1989 106.0 5.9 121.1 78.0 108.1 126.4
1990 106.7 0.6 114.7 91.6 103.7 119.2
1991 94.8 -11.2 101.2 82.8 97.3 102.8
1992 94.4 -0.4 101.8 80.7 101.4 102.0
1993 94.9 0.5 104.8 76.5 106.0 104.4
1994 98.0 3.3 112.7 70.7 104.0 116.2
1995 106.2 8.3 125.2 70.6 108.1 132.2
1996 110.2 3.8 123.7 85.0 119.4 125.5
1997 106.2 -3.7 118.4 83.4 106.7 123.2
1998 90.0 -15.3 103.6 64.6 92.7 108.0
1999 96.0 6.7 105.2 78.9 88.3 112.0
2000 113.7 18.4 108.8 122.9 93.9 114.8
2001 107.8 -5.2 101.3 118.8 96.3 103.8
2002 101.5 -5.9 94.7 112.5 94.6 95.1
2003 121.8 20.1 103.0 153.4 101.8 103.9
2004 146.8 20.5 125.0 183.3 114.8 129.9
2005 180.7 23.1 129.9 266.5 116.2 136.3
2006 193.1 6.9 153.4 260.0 119.3 168.7
2007 208.7 8.1 168.6 276.3 138.3 182.2
2008 249.0 19.3 174.4 375.2 164.6 179.3
Commodity prices: Part 2
  Farm product price index
Total Crops Livestock
  Total Grains Total Cattle Hogs
v1811715 v1811716 v1811717 v1811723 v1811724 v1811725
  1997=100
1972 33.9 34.6 37.4 33.0 41.7 39.1
1973 50.6 61.6 70.1 43.5 53.9 58.6
1974 61.1 83.2 96.8 47.3 52.9 56.0
1975 60.5 74.9 88.7 51.2 47.1 74.0
1976 58.0 68.9 77.6 50.8 45.2 70.8
1977 56.9 64.8 67.2 51.5 46.4 67.4
1978 65.5 68.3 72.6 63.0 68.1 79.6
1979 76.0 80.7 90.4 72.2 94.8 74.9
1980 82.2 95.0 113.2 73.6 93.1 68.6
1981 88.8 102.8 117.1 79.6 90.3 80.3
1982 87.1 93.8 104.5 83.0 88.1 96.4
1983 86.6 95.0 103.2 81.4 88.1 81.9
1984 91.4 101.9 108.1 84.6 93.1 83.8
1985 86.5 91.9 97.9 83.2 91.1 79.1
1986 82.9 76.6 77.1 88.0 94.4 95.3
1987 82.1 70.9 67.0 90.6 103.8 92.8
1988 87.1 87.2 86.4 87.6 102.0 72.5
1989 91.8 96.6 100.1 89.1 101.5 73.0
1990 88.8 85.4 84.0 91.9 102.4 86.4
1991 83.7 75.5 70.2 90.1 101.3 77.4
1992 83.9 77.1 73.5 89.3 100.6 71.0
1993 89.8 80.5 76.0 97.4 114.8 81.4
1994 93.2 88.9 85.4 96.5 111.8 78.2
1995 99.4 105.7 114.7 93.2 99.9 80.2
1996 103.7 110.9 122.1 96.8 91.4 100.6
1997 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1998 95.5 96.9 94.0 94.2 103.6 64.9
1999 92.1 87.8 85.2 96.2 110.0 66.1
2000 95.0 84.3 83.1 105.2 118.8 87.7
2001 102.0 93.1 95.1 110.5 125.8 94.8
2002 106.1 109.3 111.0 103.4 117.5 76.0
2003 101.3 105.1 105.9 98.0 98.3 74.3
2004 99.4 100.6 94.1 98.3 87.6 89.7
2005 97.1 88.8 76.5 104.0 103.5 82.9
2006 97.7 93.5 84.3 101.2 102.7 72.1
2007 108.5 117.4 133.2 101.5 99.4 68.3
2008 120.7 141.8 157.5 103.7 99.0 68.2
Prices measured in US dollars.
Source(s):
Bank of Canada, Public Information Service (1-800-303-1282). Farm Product Price Index (Catalogue no. 21-007-XWE). Gail-Ann Breese (613-951-3249). CANSIM tables: 002-0021, 002-0022 and 176-0001.