ABSTRACT

An in-depth survey of the major commodities of the world
* Profiles each commodity in detail
* Provides in-depth statistics on production
* Includes an invaluable directory
Contents:
* Introductory essays
* Covers all major agricultural and mineral products including aluminium, coal, cotton, nickel, petroleum, bananas, rice, rubber, tea, coffee, tobacco, wheat, natural gas, soybeans, zinc, lead and phosphates
* Each commodity is profiled in detail with information on physical appearance, history, uses, major markets, trends in demand, major importers and exporters
* Statistical details of recent levels of production at a global and individual country level
* Recent trends in prices with indexes of export prices
* A directory of organizations concerned with commodities.

part |325 pages

Commodity Surveys

chapter |13 pages

Aluminium and Bauxite

chapter |10 pages

Banana

chapter |6 pages

Barley

chapter |5 pages

Cassava

chapter |4 pages

Chromium

chapter |7 pages

Coal

chapter |5 pages

Cobalt

chapter |8 pages

Cocoa

chapter |5 pages

Coconut

chapter |13 pages

Coffee

chapter |11 pages

Copper

chapter |7 pages

Cotton

chapter |9 pages

Diamonds

chapter |12 pages

Gold

chapter |5 pages

Groundnut

chapter |6 pages

Iron Ore

chapter |5 pages

Jute

chapter |7 pages

Lead

chapter |8 pages

Maize

chapter |4 pages

Manganese

chapter |4 pages

Millet and Sorghum

chapter |16 pages

Natural Gas

chapter |9 pages

Nickel

chapter |5 pages

Oil Palm

chapter |23 pages

Petroleum

chapter |8 pages

Phosphates

chapter |10 pages

Platinum

chapter |7 pages

Rice

chapter |8 pages

Rubber

chapter |6 pages

Silver

chapter |3 pages

Sisal

chapter |9 pages

Soybeans

chapter |15 pages

Sugar

chapter |8 pages

Tea

chapter |7 pages

Tin

chapter |7 pages

Tobacco

chapter |5 pages

Uranium

chapter |7 pages

Wheat

chapter |7 pages

Wool

chapter |9 pages

Zinc

part |12 pages

Major Commodity Organizations