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Global food prices fall, WB says

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Food prices fell on the global market between February and June since their historical peak in August last year, the World Bank said.
“Increased production, declining demand from large importers, and increasing stocks are exerting downward pressures on the international prices," the WB said in its July issue of Food Price Watch.
Also, the Food Price Index prepared by the bank was 12 percent below the last year's peak.
The lender releases the report when the prices of grains, mainly rice, remain relatively steady in Bangladesh.
The prices of other import-based commodities such as soybean oil, palm oil and sugar also stayed stable over the last several months and helped contain food inflation.
However, the global markets continue to be tight for maize, it said.
"Increased use of maize for ethanol in the US, higher demand from major importers such as Egypt, Japan and China, and increased public stockholding in large producers such as China and Brazil have all contributed to the recent price increases," the WB said.
Inventories are not expected to rise until 2014, which indicates that international maize markets remain tight, it added.
The WB said world wheat production will rebound this year from last year's declines. Rice prices also moderately fell due to good harvests in Thailand and Vietnam.
“Yet caution is warranted going forward," the lender said.
It said the recent unfavorable weather conditions in northern and central Europe, Russia and China may affect the rebound prospects of world wheat production.
Concerns about the extent of the planting expansion of US maize also remain due to late planting.
The US maize harvest will undergo its most sensitive phase over a much reduced period of time, making it very vulnerable to hot and dry weather during that period, the bank said.
It said the release of rice stocks by the Thai government, sales of wheat and rice by India to domestic markets, and political turmoil in Egypt, world's biggest wheat importer, also have consequences on grain prices.
The bank, however, foresees no changes in oil markets due to weak demand and high crude stocks.