Benchmark price

BENCHMARK PRICE

by IFPRI | November 16, 2022

Price of a commodity at the border of a country. It is the price, whether actual or estimated, at which a commodity arrives at a country (if imported) or leaves a county (if exported). It reflects the opportunity cost for domestic market participants. It is the price of the commodity free of country’s own policy distortions.

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