Agricultural and Mineral Commodities Year Book / Edition 1

by Europa Publications

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857431506
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/28/2002
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Agricultural Commodity Trade in International Relations; Chapter 2 Developments in World Mineral and Energy Markets, PAUL CROMPTON; Chapter 3 Food Security and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, A. GANESH-KUMAR; Part 2 Commodity Surveys; Chapter 4 Aluminium and Bauxite; Chapter 5 Banana; Chapter 6 Barley; Chapter 7 Cassava; Chapter 8 Chromium; Chapter 9 Coal; Chapter 10 Cobalt; Chapter 11 Cocoa; Chapter 12 Coconut; Chapter 13 Coffee; Chapter 14 Copper; Chapter 15 Cotton; Chapter 16 Diamonds; Chapter 17 Gold; Chapter 18 Groundnut; Chapter 19 Iron Ore; Chapter 20 Jute; Chapter 21 Lead; Chapter 22 Maize; Chapter 23 Manganese; Chapter 24 Millet and Sorghum; Chapter 25 Natural Gas; Chapter 26 Nickel; Chapter 27 Oil Palm; Chapter 28 Petroleum; Chapter 29 Phosphates; Chapter 30 Platinum; Chapter 31 Rice; Chapter 32 Rubber; Chapter 33 Silver; Chapter 34 Sisal; Chapter 35 Soybeans; Chapter 36 Sugar; Chapter 37 Tea; Chapter 38 Tin; Chapter 39 Tobacco; Chapter 40 Uranium; Chapter 41 Wheat; Chapter 42 Wool; Chapter 43 Zinc; Part 3 Major Commodity Organizations; Chapter 44 Major Commodity Organizations;