Impact of war on global prices

Commodity prices have soared since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia is the world’s largest exporter of natural gas, second-largest oil exporter, and third-largest coal exporter
  

Ukraine’s Black Sea ports accounted for 60% of global exports of sunflower oil before closure


Price change 00% 	March 2021 US$	March 2022 US$

Coal 		65.50/tonne	437.00 	567.2%
Fertiliser 	390.00/tonne	900.00 	130.8%
Wheat 		179.00/tonne 	406.75 	127.2%
Palm oil 	883.01/tonne 	118.0%. 1,925
Crude oil 	65.81/barrel 	111.4% 	139.13
Natural gas 	2.61/MBtu* 	97.2% 	5.15
Aluminium 	2,183/tonne 	82.5% 	3,984.50
Palladium 	48.3%	2,296.44/oz 	3,404.71
Cobalt 		44.4%	52,488/tonne	75,800
Copper		21.6%	4.03/lb		4.90
 
*Million British thermal units
 
   
Sources: ICIS, Financial Times, Trading economics 
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