ICCH Commodities Yearbook 1990

345 Pages·44.685 MB·English

by  Giles Evans (eds.)

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COMMODITIES
YEARBOOK
1990
A comprehensive
Real Estate Service
to commerce
&
industry
ICCH
COMMODITIES
YEARBOOK
1990
Editor
Giles Evans
M
© Macmillan Publishers Ltd, 1990
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1990 978-0-333-51528-0
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
The ICCH commodities yearbook.
1990-
1. Markets. Commodity. Futures
I. International Commodities Clearing House.
II. ICCH commodities yearbook. 0264 - 9888
332.644
ISBN 978-1-349-11270-8 ISBN 978-1-349-11268-5 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-11268-5
While every care has been taken in compiling the
information contained in this publication, the
publishers and compilers accept no responsibility for
any errors or omissions.
Contents
Acknowledgements vii Platinum and Palladium 123
Silver 133
Foreword ix Industrial Commodities 143
Denis Child, Chairman ICCH Dry Bulk Frieght 145
Oil 153
Notes on Use X Rubber 167
International Soft Commodities 177
SECTION ONE 1 Cocoa 179
Coffee 191
Government Policy towards Futures Markets Sugar 205
Michael Prest 3
Domestic Agricultural Commodities 221
Regulation and the Role of the AFBD Barley and Wheat 223
Christopher Sharples 7 Pig Meat 233
Potatoes 239
ICCH: The Independent Unified Clearing House Soybean Meal 247
David Hardy 9
SECTION THREE
The Potential of Automated Futures and Options 255
Markets
W. A. Reisch 15 Exchange Matrices 257
Energy 258
Use of Options in Commodity Hedges Grains, Beans, Meals, Oils 258
Nick Cavalla 19 Industrial, miscellaneous 259
Meats 260
Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets Metals 260
Elli Gifford 23 Soft Commodities 261
Currencies 262
The EEC Sugar Regime Equity Indices 263
Rodney Goodwin 29 Interest Rates 266
Commodity Markets -The Future Futures and Options Exchanges by Time Zones 269
Giles Evans 33
Exchange Directory 271
Australia 272
SECTION TWO 37 Austria 274
Belgium 274
Base Metals 39 Bermuda 274
Aluminium 41 Brazil 275
Copper 55 Canada 278
Lead 67 Chile 280
Nickel 79 China 280
Tin 89 Denmark 281
Zinc 99 Eire 282
Finland 282
Precious Metals 109 France 283
Gold 111 Germany (Federal Republic) 284
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ICCH Commodities Yearbook
Contents Continued Market Members of ICCH 329
ICCH Members Addresses 335
Hong Kong 285
Indonesia 285
Japan 286
SECTION FOUR 349
Luxembourg 297
Malaysia 297
Appendices 351
Netherlands 298
Commodity and General Information Sources 353
New Zealand 301
Organisations Involved in the
Norway 301
Futures and Options Industry 357
Philippines 302
London Precious Metal Markets 359
Singapore 303
IMF Indices of PrimaryCommodity Prices, 1980-89 361
South Africa 303
Spain 304
Index of Advertisements 363
Sweden 305
Switzerland 306
United Kingdom 307
United States of America 314
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