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Commodities at a Glance
Commodities are products stemming from agricultural production or mining production that have not yet been transformed: agricultural products, tropical beverages, energy, minerals, ores and metals. The series, Commodities at a Glance, aims to collect, present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear, concise and reader-friendly format.
Commodities at a Glance
The report on Bamboo provides information on the historical uses of bamboo and an analysis of the physical and mechanical properties of bamboo. It also highlights the opportunities and challenges for using bamboo as a building material.
Commodities at a Glance
Cashew nuts enjoy increasing popularity all around the globe. The top three cashew-consuming countries – India the United States of America and Germany - lie on three different continents. Cashews accounted for 17 per cent of world tree nut production in 2019/20 making it the third most popular tree nut after almonds and walnuts (INC 2020). Cashew nuts are consumed in a variety of forms including as salty or sweet snacks ingredient of desserts and savory dishes or further processed into cashew butter or ingredient of a variety of spreads sauces bars and drinks. Rising demand for these products has led global cashew production to more than double between 2000 and 2018 (see Chapter 3). This report takes stock of the global cashew market and gives an overview of cashew production trade patterns and policies. It also highlights opportunities for the cashew sector to foster value addition and diversification in cashew-growing countries and its potential contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Commodities at a Glance
The series “Commodities at a Glance” aims to collect present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear concise and reader-friendly format.
Commodities at a Glance
The series “Commodities at a Glance” aims to collect present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear concise and reader-friendly format. The report aims to provide information on the critical raw materials used in LIBs with respect to production consumption trade and prices.
Commodities at a Glance
The series Commodities at a Glance aims to collect present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear concise and reader-friendly format. This edition is specifically dedicated to the issue on Coffee in East Africa.
Commodities at a Glance
The Commodities at a Glance series aims to collect present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear concise and reader-friendly format. This edition is specifically dedicated to the shale gas problem.
Commodities at a Glance
The series “Commodities at a Glance” aims to collect present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear concise and reader-friendly format. This issue of “Commodities at a Glance” explores the economic social and environmental relevance of the gum arabic sector with a focus on supply demand prices and market organization. Gum arabic is the most commercially valuable exudate gum with wide applications in industries as diverse as food and beverages pharmaceuticals cosmetics and printing. The gum is produced primarily in arid wooded savannas in sub-Saharan Africa and consumed predominantly by manufacturers in developed and emerging economies. Due to its potential to generate foreign exchange reserves ensure food security promote sustainable agriculture and forestry and combat desertification and climate change gum arabic is a promising commodity for a number of African countries. However in order to overcome the current uneven distribution of economic gains along the gum arabic value chain producing countries must increase local processing and ensure higher compensation for resource-poor gum collectors.
Commodities at a Glance
The series “Commodities at a Glance” aims to collect present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear concise and reader-friendly format.
Commodities at a Glance
The series “Commodities at a Glance” aims to collect present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear concise and reader-friendly format. Given the recent record rises in cotton prices and wider commodity price volatility this edition of Commodities at a glance (n°2) will focus on the world cotton industry with a special emphasis on African cotton producing countries. The cotton sector in Africa is critical to the provision of sustainable rural livelihoods and the economic development of these countries. This issue of Commodities at a glance with its focus on the African cotton sector has been prepared for the Pan-African Cotton Meeting in June 2011 in Cotonou (Benin).
Commodities at a Glance
The series “Commodities at a Glance” aims to collect present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear concise and reader-friendly format. This quarter’s edition of UNCTAD’s Commodities at a Glance describes world energy trade price production and consumption trends with a particular focus on Africa.
Commodities at a Glance
The series “Commodities at a Glance” aims to collect present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear concise and reader-friendly format. This issue of Commodities at a Glance focuses on the global food security price volatility and continuing high food prices.
Commodities at a Glance
The series “Commodities at a Glance” aims to collect present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear concise and reader-friendly format. Data on Rare Earths are sparse and there is no dedicated international public institution that monitors the rare earth market to provide authoritative and objective statistics on the sector. As a result this report has attempted to combine several sources of information in order to present the most possible accurate picture on the rare earths market.