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├ Makefile

https://datahub.io/core/commodity-prices/_r/-/Makefile

├ README.md

https://datahub.io/core/commodity-prices/_r/-/README.md

├ UPDATE_SCRIPT_MAINTENANCE_REPORT.md

https://datahub.io/core/commodity-prices/_r/-/UPDATE_SCRIPT_MAINTENANCE_REPORT.md

├ archive/external-data-v2.xls

https://datahub.io/core/commodity-prices/_r/-/archive/external-data-v2.xls

├ archive/external-data.xls

https://datahub.io/core/commodity-prices/_r/-/archive/external-data.xls

├ data/commodity-prices.csv

https://datahub.io/core/commodity-prices/_r/-/data/commodity-prices.csv

├ data/commodity-prices_v2.csv

https://datahub.io/core/commodity-prices/_r/-/data/commodity-prices_v2.csv

├ datapackage.json

https://datahub.io/core/commodity-prices/_r/-/datapackage.json

└ requirements.txt

https://datahub.io/core/commodity-prices/_r/-/requirements.txt

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datapackage.json— metadata & schema

https://datahub.io/core/commodity-prices/_r/-/datapackage.json

README.md— documentation

https://datahub.io/core/commodity-prices/_r/-/README.md

Typical Usage

1. Fetch datapackage.json to inspect schema and resources
2. Download data resources listed in datapackage.json
3. Read README.md for full context

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IMF Commodity Prices Dataset (2005 Index Base)

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Schema

name	type	format	description
Date	date	yyyy-mm-dd
All Commodity Price Index	number		includes both Fuel and Non-Fuel Price Indices
Non-Fuel Price Index	number		includes Food and Beverages and Industrial Inputs Price Indices
Food and Beverage Price Index	number		includes Food and Beverage Price Indices
Food Price Index	number		includes Cereal, Vegetable Oils, Meat, Seafood, Sugar, Bananas, and Oranges Price Indices
Beverage Price Index	number		includes Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa
Industrial Inputs Price Index	number		includes Agricultural Raw Materials and Metals Price Indices
Agricultural Raw Materials Index	number		includes Timber, Cotton, Wool, Rubber, and Hides Price Indices
Metals Price Index	number		includes Copper, Aluminum, Iron Ore, Tin, Nickel, Zinc, Lead, and Uranium Price Indices
Fuel Energy Index	number		includes Crude oil (petroleum), Natural Gas, and Coal Price Indices
Crude Oil petroleum	number		simple average of three spot prices Dated Brent, West Texas Intermediate and the Dubai Fateh
Aluminum	number		99.5% minimum purity, USD per metric ton
Bananas	number		Central American and Ecuador, USD per metric ton
Barley	number		Canadian no.1 Western Barley, USD per metric ton
Beef	number		Australian and New Zealand, US cents per pound
Coal	number		Australian thermal coal, USD per metric ton
Cocoa beans	number		International Cocoa Organization, USD per metric ton
Coffee Other Mild Arabicas	number		International Coffee Organization, US cents per pound
Coffee Robusta	number		International Coffee Organization, US cents per pound
Rapeseed oil	number		Fob Rotterdam, USD per metric ton
Copper	number		Grade A cathode, USD per metric ton
Cotton	number		Cotton Outlook 'A Index', Middling 1-3/32 inch staple, CIF Liverpool, US cents per pound
Fishmeal	number		Peru Fish meal/pellets, USD per metric ton
Groundnuts peanuts	number		40/50 (40 to 50 count per ounce), USD per metric ton
Hides	number		Heavy native US steers, US cents per pound
China import Iron Ore	number		CFR Tianjin port, USD per metric ton
Lamb	number		Frozen carcass Smithfield London, US cents per pound
Lead	number		99.97% pure, USD per metric ton
LeadSoft Logs	number		Average Export price from the U.S. for Douglas Fir, USD per cubic meter
Hard Logs	number		Best quality Malaysian meranti, USD per cubic meter
Maize corn	number		FOB Gulf of Mexico, USD per metric ton
Natural Gas - Russian Natural Gas border price in Germany	number		USD per Million Metric British Thermal Unit
Natural Gas - Indonesian Liquefied Natural Gas in Japan	number		USD per Million Metric British Thermal Unit
Natural Gas - Spot price at the Henry Hub terminal in Louisiana	number		USD per Million Metric British Thermal Unit
Nickel	number		Melting grade USD per metric ton
Crude Oil - petroleum-simple average of three spot prices	number		Dated Brent, West Texas Intermediate and the Dubai Fateh
Crude Oil - petroleum - Dated Brent light blend	number		Dated Brent, light blend 38 API, USD per barrel
Oil Dubai	number		Dubai Fateh 32 API, USD per barrel
Crude Oil petroleum - West Texas Intermediate 40 API	number		West Texas Intermediate 40 API, USD per barrel
Olive Oil	number		Extra virgin less than 1% free fatty acid, USD per metric ton
Oranges	number		Miscellaneous oranges, USD per metric ton
Palm oil	number		Malaysia Palm Oil Futures (first contract forward) 4-5 percent FFA, USD per metric ton
Swine pork	number		51-52% lean Hogs, US cents per pound.
Poultry chicken	number		Ready-to-cook, whole, iced, Georgia docks, US cents per pound
Rice	number		5 percent broken milled white rice, USD per metric ton
Rubber	number		Singapore Commodity Exchange, No. 3 Rubber Smoked Sheets, 1st contract, US cents per pound
Fish salmon	number		Farm Bred Norwegian Salmon, USD per kilogram
Hard Sawnwood	number		Dark Red Meranti, USD per cubic meter
Soft Sawnwood	number		Average export price of Douglas Fir, USD per cubic meter
Shrimp	number		Mexican origin, USD per kilogram
Soybean Meal	number		Chicago Soybean Meal Futures (first contract forward) Minimum 48 percent protein, USD per metric ton
Soybean Oil	number		Chicago Soybean Oil Futures (first contract forward) exchange approved grades, USD per metric ton
Soybeans	number		Chicago Soybean futures contract (first contract forward) No. 2 yellow and par, USD per metric ton
Sugar European import price	number		CIF Europe, US cents per pound
Sugar Free Market	number		Coffee Sugar and Cocoa Exchange (CSCE) contract no.11 nearest future position, US cents per pound
Sugar US import price	number		contract no.14 nearest futures position, US cents per pound (Footnote: No. 14 revised to No. 16)
Sunflower oil	number		US export price from Gulf of Mexico, USD per metric ton
Tea	number		Mombasa, Kenya, Auction Price, US cents per kilogram
Tin	number		Standard grade, USD per metric ton
Uranium	number		NUEXCO restriced price, USD per pound
Wheat	number		No.1 Hard Red Winter ordinary protein Kansas City, USD per metric ton
Wool coarse	number		23 micron, US cents per kilogram
Wool fine	number		19 micron, US cents per kilogram
Zinc	number		High grade 98% pure, USD per metric ton

IMF Commodity Prices Dataset (2016 Index Base)

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Schema

name	type	format	description
Date	date	yyyy-mm-dd
All Commodity Price Index	number		includes both Fuel and Non-Fuel Price Indices
Non-Fuel Price Index	number		includes Food and Beverages and Industrial Inputs Price Indices
Food and Beverage Price Index	number		includes Food and Beverage Price Indices
Food Price Index	number		includes Cereal, Vegetable Oils, Meat, Seafood, Sugar, Bananas, and Oranges Price Indices
Beverage Price Index	number		includes Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa
Industrial Inputs Price Index	number		includes Agricultural Raw Materials and Metals Price Indices
Agricultural Raw Materials Index	number		includes Timber, Cotton, Wool, Rubber, and Hides Price Indices
Metals Price Index	number		includes Copper, Aluminum, Iron Ore, Tin, Nickel, Zinc, Lead, and Uranium Price Indices
Fuel Energy Index	number		includes Crude oil (petroleum), Natural Gas, and Coal Price Indices
Crude Oil petroleum	number		simple average of three spot prices Dated Brent, West Texas Intermediate and the Dubai Fateh
Aluminum	number		99.5% minimum purity, USD per metric ton
Bananas	number		Central American and Ecuador, USD per metric ton
Barley	number		Canadian no.1 Western Barley, USD per metric ton
Beef	number		Australian and New Zealand, US cents per pound
Coal	number		Australian thermal coal, USD per metric ton
Cocoa beans	number		International Cocoa Organization, USD per metric ton
Coffee Other Mild Arabicas	number		International Coffee Organization, US cents per pound
Coffee Robusta	number		International Coffee Organization, US cents per pound
Rapeseed oil	number		Fob Rotterdam, USD per metric ton
Copper	number		Grade A cathode, USD per metric ton
Cotton	number		Cotton Outlook 'A Index', Middling 1-3/32 inch staple, CIF Liverpool, US cents per pound
Fishmeal	number		Peru Fish meal/pellets, USD per metric ton
Groundnuts peanuts	number		40/50 (40 to 50 count per ounce), USD per metric ton
Hides	number		Heavy native US steers, US cents per pound
China import Iron Ore	number		CFR Tianjin port, USD per metric ton
Lamb	number		Frozen carcass Smithfield London, US cents per pound
Lead	number		99.97% pure, USD per metric ton
LeadSoft Logs	number		Average Export price from the U.S. for Douglas Fir, USD per cubic meter
Hard Logs	number		Best quality Malaysian meranti, USD per cubic meter
Maize corn	number		FOB Gulf of Mexico, USD per metric ton
Natural Gas - Russian Natural Gas border price in Germany	number		USD per Million Metric British Thermal Unit
Natural Gas - Indonesian Liquefied Natural Gas in Japan	number		USD per Million Metric British Thermal Unit
Natural Gas - Spot price at the Henry Hub terminal in Louisiana	number		USD per Million Metric British Thermal Unit
Nickel	number		Melting grade USD per metric ton
Crude Oil - petroleum-simple average of three spot prices	number		Dated Brent, West Texas Intermediate and the Dubai Fateh
Crude Oil - petroleum - Dated Brent light blend	number		Dated Brent, light blend 38 API, USD per barrel
Oil Dubai	number		Dubai Fateh 32 API, USD per barrel
Crude Oil petroleum - West Texas Intermediate 40 API	number		West Texas Intermediate 40 API, USD per barrel
Olive Oil	number		Extra virgin less than 1% free fatty acid, USD per metric ton
Oranges	number		Miscellaneous oranges, USD per metric ton
Palm oil	number		Malaysia Palm Oil Futures (first contract forward) 4-5 percent FFA, USD per metric ton
Swine pork	number		51-52% lean Hogs, US cents per pound.
Poultry chicken	number		Ready-to-cook, whole, iced, Georgia docks, US cents per pound
Rice	number		5 percent broken milled white rice, USD per metric ton
Rubber	number		Singapore Commodity Exchange, No. 3 Rubber Smoked Sheets, 1st contract, US cents per pound
Fish salmon	number		Farm Bred Norwegian Salmon, USD per kilogram
Hard Sawnwood	number		Dark Red Meranti, USD per cubic meter
Soft Sawnwood	number		Average export price of Douglas Fir, USD per cubic meter
Shrimp	number		Mexican origin, USD per kilogram
Soybean Meal	number		Chicago Soybean Meal Futures (first contract forward) Minimum 48 percent protein, USD per metric ton
Soybean Oil	number		Chicago Soybean Oil Futures (first contract forward) exchange approved grades, USD per metric ton
Soybeans	number		Chicago Soybean futures contract (first contract forward) No. 2 yellow and par, USD per metric ton
Sugar European import price	number		CIF Europe, US cents per pound
Sugar Free Market	number		Coffee Sugar and Cocoa Exchange (CSCE) contract no.11 nearest future position, US cents per pound
Sugar US import price	number		contract no.14 nearest futures position, US cents per pound (Footnote: No. 14 revised to No. 16)
Sunflower oil	number		US export price from Gulf of Mexico, USD per metric ton
Tea	number		Mombasa, Kenya, Auction Price, US cents per kilogram
Tin	number		Standard grade, USD per metric ton
Uranium	number		NUEXCO restriced price, USD per pound
Wheat	number		No.1 Hard Red Winter ordinary protein Kansas City, USD per metric ton
Wool coarse	number		23 micron, US cents per kilogram
Wool fine	number		19 micron, US cents per kilogram
Zinc	number		High grade 98% pure, USD per metric ton

Data Files

File	Description	Size	Last modified	Download
commodity-prices-data	Monthly prices of most commodities (such as fuel, non-fuel, food, industrial inputs e.t.c) from 1980 to 2017.Indices are referenced to 2005=100.	399 kB	about 2 months ago	commodity-prices-data
commodity-prices-data-v2	Updated monthly commodity prices and indices, with 2016 as the base year (2016=100).	601 kB	3 months ago	commodity-prices-data-v2

Files	Size	Format	Created	Updated	License	Source
2	1 MB			about 2 months ago	Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0

Update Script Maintenance Report

Date: 2026-03-03

Ran the update pipeline (make all) and diagnosed parser/runtime failure.
Root cause: xlrd==1.2.0 path was incompatible in this environment for workbook parsing.
Updated parser in scripts/process.py to use pandas.read_excel with robust date parsing.
Added guarded processing so failures are surfaced per source file.
Updated dependencies in requirements.txt to modern Excel stack.
Added permissions: contents: write in .github/workflows/update.yml for reliable scheduled pushes.