一 1991年以来西方经济停滞不前,美、英等一些主要工业国家经济陷入衰退,国际商品市场的需求虽仍有增长,但增长不大。在此情况下,国际商品市场的价格,特别是初级产品价格,总的说来,仍趋疲软,制成品价格则呈稳中趋坚态势。世界初级产品价格在经近两年的持续下跌后,1991年以来 Since the western economies stagnated in 1991, the economies of some major industrial countries such as the United States and Britain have fallen into recession. Although the demand for international commodity markets has continued to grow, it has not grown much. Under these circumstances, the prices of the international commodity markets, especially the prices of primary products, have generally remained weak, and the prices of manufactured goods have shown a firm trend. World primary product prices have been falling since the last two years, since 1991