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Most Commodity Prices to Drop in 2020 As Coronavirus Depresses Demand and Disrupts Supply

Despite ample supplies of agricultural commodities, trade and supply chain disruptions raise food security concerns.

date:  24/04/2020

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WASHINGTON, April 23, 2020 – The global economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic has driven most commodity prices down and is expected to result in substantially lower prices over 2020, the World Bank said in its April Commodity Markets Outlook.

Full text available here: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2020/04/23/most-commodity-prices-to-drop-in-2020-as-coronavirus-depresses-demand-and-disrupts-supply