Annual industrial commodity production statistics are disseminated through the Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook with a time lag of about two years, while the monthly commodity production statistics are disseminated though the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics with a time lag of a quarter.

Copies of the completed questionnaires on general industrial statistics, industrial commodity production statistics and annual index numbers of industrial production are sent regularly to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Commodity prices, the most visible indication of the commodity situation, have increased considerably over the past three years, especially for fuels and industrial raw materials.

Several countries are providing both trade data and industrial statistics information (commodity production and general industrial statistics) on diskette to the Statistical Division (UNSTAT 12).

39. Weak commodity prices were generally the result of excess supplies and weak demand in many industrial country markets.

The prospect of falling prices reflects the collapse of industrial production, the resulting high level of unemployment, and the dramatic decline in commodity prices.

In addition, the Division annually collects industrial commodity production statistics, including physical production data for 530 goods and monthly physical production data for 10 goods.

Recycling commodity revenue and managing macro level commodity related risks

The most obvious and dangerous consequence of low interest rates in the major industrial countries is their impact on commodity prices, which is especially pronounced for food and fuel.

Commodity prices fell, too.

Latin America s Commodity Windfall

Commodity information reducing asymmetries

Commodity prices d (percentage)

UNCTAD Commodity Yearbook 1993

Many commodity dependent economies were caught in a vicious circle whereby investments in commodity production did not generate adequate returns because of falling commodity prices.

212. UNCTAD other commodity conferences and commodity meetings Trade and Development Board decision 7 (I)

278. UNCTAD other commodity conferences and commodity meetings Trade and Development Board decision 7 (I)

196. UNCTAD other commodity conferences and commodity meetings Trade and Development Board decision 7 (I)

Again, a commodity for consumption.

Commodity information reducing asymmetries 9

strategies for commodity companies 15

International commodity agreements or arrangements

Commodity (litres) 1,000 litres Total

Primary commodity prices weakened considerably.

Commodity prices are like this.

Meanwhile, food production had become industrial. Industrial.

The Fund is an intergovernmental financial institution exclusively concerned with commodity development issues and commodity development projects.

Industrial

International commodity markets are under stress.

United Nations commodity and other conferences.

UNCTAD's package of commodity information services

III. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR COMMODITY DIVERSIFICATION

B. Global diversification and commodity market

Too bad. That's Casablanca's leading commodity.

At the international level, strategic information on commodity sectors enhances global transparency and improves commodity strategies and policies.

However, a complete, untailored version of the Industrial commodity production questionnaire (UNSTAT 8) is sent out periodically (at present, once every three years) to capture any new national series that might become available.

Techno Industrial

Industrial applications

Industrial uses

Industrial sector

Industrial investment

Industrial policy

Industrial incidents.

The Global Implications of Falling Commodity Prices

After all, energy is a global commodity.