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“Any decline is good from that perspective. One has to be a bit careful about celebrating it. You know it’s not going to have such a significant impact unfortunately in terms of helping these countries to cope with the high food prices, especially at the time when (there are) a lot of uncertainties in the fuel market. A lot of these countries also are also big importers of energy and fuels.”
“从那个方面来看,一些降价是有好处的。但人们庆祝降价时也要小心一点。不幸地是,这将对帮助国家应对高粮价产生相当大的冲击,特别是在燃料市场存在很多不确定性的年代。这些国家中很多也是能源和燃料的大进口商。”
So what do 2011 prices mean for 2012?
2011年的食品价格对2012年来说意味着什么呢?
Average prices for the year were actually higher than 2008 during the food prices, and the highest since 1990 when the food price declines began, once a suggest for flation