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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. Global strategies
  3. Structuring commodity markets

Structuring commodity markets

  • Operating a commodity market

Implementation

The world's most successful commodity market, the foreign exchange market, has no physical existence. Trade is conducted through the exchange of electronic messages, mainly via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) which is used to transfer foreign exchange deposits and loans between thousands of banks in numerous countries.

Broader

Structuring wholesale marketing of materials
Yet to rate
Promoting goods exchange
Yet to rate

Narrower

Structuring retail marketing of goods
Yet to rate
Structuring market for consumer items
Yet to rate
Disputing international commodity agreements
Yet to rate

Facilitates

Strengthening sustainable development through trade cooperation
Presentable
Trading commodities
Yet to rate
Restricting production in primary commodities in developing countries
Yet to rate
Limiting commodity futures trading
Yet to rate

Facilitated by

Strengthening technical cooperation in commodities
Yet to rate

Problem

Overproduction of commodities
Excellent
Instability of the commodities trade
Excellent
Unstable supply of raw materials
Presentable
Underproduction of primary commodities
Presentable
International trade barriers for primary commodities
Presentable
Obstacles to commodity futures trading
Yet to rate

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
  • Commerce » Market
  • Industry » Commodities
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024