Poverty alleviation 991.4 991.4 83.1 1 074.5

The representative of China emphasized the importance of financing trade in commodities.

However, private considerations do not always adequately capture the broader externalities generated by infrastructure.13 Where that is the case, the public sector has an essential role to play in the financing and provision of these public goods.

On commodity finance, UNCTAD gave several training courses in Egypt and Tunisia during 2004.

Also, stronger institutions supporting commodity finance (collateral management agencies, commodity exchanges) are needed, and UNCTAD has been instrumental in setting up several such entities.

For many commodity dependent developing countries, the negative impact of commodity finance related market entry barriers needed to be addressed.

Such mechanisms could be financed from taxes on the profits of the corporations that controlled the markets for those commodities.

Export of goods, FOB Import of goods, FOB Trade balance

The support to stabilization of commodity prices through the financing of buffer stocks, as foreseen in the Agreement, has not become operational.

(f) To finance training activities, workshops and other ways of exchanging information and experiences in commodity diversification, with particular reference to successful cases.

One suggestion was to include commodity finance within corporate social responsibility programmes of multinational companies and to take account of commodity issues during the Fifth UN Conference to Review the Set of Principles and Rules on RBPs.

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He also expressed appreciation for the secretariat's analysis of commodity finance mechanisms and to development partners for their support for such schemes in Asia.

56. The basic objective of the proposed facility would be to promote the diversification of the African commodity sector by financing the preparation of technically and economically viable diversification projects.

The fund we earnestly seek would promote the diversification of the African commodity sector by financing technically and economically viable diversification projects.

Commodities

Number of commodities

Commodities 25.3

Delivery of goods

Hand over the goods.

China has been engaged in what might be called vendor finance, providing the money that helps finance the huge US fiscal and trade deficits, allowing Americans to buy more goods than they sell.

Perhaps most important, China must now export more manufactured goods to finance imports of energy and mineral products.

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Commodities on the Rise

Provision of goods and services

Precious commodities

Commodities

Cost of goods sold 5 929.0 1 220.8 20.5 7 149.8 497.2 7 647.0

Cost of goods sold 2 985.5 200.0 6.6 3 185.5 236.1 3 421.6

POST REQUIREMENTS Programme Commodities

On delivery of goods

(d) Commodities

(c) COMMODITIES

(c) COMMODITIES

Given the collapse of commodity prices and excess production capacities, there is no short term inflation danger, even if part of the stimulus is financed directly by central banks.

The British government established a Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) in 2003.

Aside from importing basic goods, China exports manufactured goods throughout the region.

57 236. Commodities

58 204. Commodities

61 190. Commodities

59 224. Commodities

55 183. Commodities

6141 Purchase of local goods

Payment 5. Goods Release

Goods Release