El objetivo de este mecanismo era responder a esas fuertes subidas de los precios, cuyas causas eran, principal, aunque no exclusivamente, las sequías en los países productores de cereales y la subida de los precios del petróleo.
The purpose of this facility was to respond to those soaring prices, the causes of which were mainly, though not exclusively, droughts in grain-producing countries and rising oil prices.