price of these items. greetings, j thank you for having me. as you mentioned, the food prices index, the climb compared to it, the decline was modest, around 2% but what is important is that the decline which we observed last march in march 2022 was over 22%. so what is behind it? let s remember that the food price index includes quotations of bulk commodities so on this international level bulk commodities, the markets depending on the specific commodity, remain relatively balanced supply and they are often quite stable. we have noticed a decline in the cereal prices when the maize and wheat prices when the maize and wheat prices decline while on the other hand rice prices increase. so it means the supply generally is quite steady while the demand remains steady. i would like to mention the case of sugar which has been, unlike other commodities, increasing recently. this is because of relatively tight conditions on the global markets and concerns about la nina on production.
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