however price volatility for all commodities and food overall was much lower than what was experienced between and despite this in most recent years between and volatility for many crops except maize and food has fallen since the mid s growth in agrofood trade has averaged around per annum since the start of the new round of wto negotiations on agricultural trade growth rates in agrofood trade have been significantly higher than what was seen between and figure between and the briics s share of world agricultural exports increased from to while their share of world agricultural imports increased from to