List of traded commodities

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The following is a list of futures contracts on physically traded commodities.

## Agricultural

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### Grains, food and fiber

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Commodity  | Main exchange  | MIC  | Contract size  | Symbol

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Corn | CBOT | XCBT | 5000 bu  | C/ZC (Electronic)
Corn  | EURONEXT |  | 50 tons  | EMA
Corn  | DCE | XDCE | 10 metric tons  | c
Oats  | CBOT | XCBT | 5000 bu  | O/ZO (Electronic)
Rough Rice  | CBOT | XCBT | 2000 cwt | ZR
Soybeans  | CBOT | XCBT | 5000 bu | S/ZS (Electronic)
No 2. Soybean  | DCE  | XDCE | 10 metric tons  | b
Rapeseed | EURONEXT  |  | 50 tons  | ECO
Soybean Meal | CBOT | XCBT | 100 short tons  | SM/ZM (Electronic)
Soy Meal | DCE  | XDCE | 10 metric tons  | m
Soybean Oil | CBOT | XCBT | 60,000 lb  | BO/ZL (Electronic)
Soybean Oil | DCE  | XDCE | 10 metric tons  | y
Wheat  | CBOT | XCBT | 5000 bu  | W/ZW (Electronic)
Wheat  | EURONEXT  |  | 50 tons  | EBM
UK Feed Wheat  | ICE | IEPA | 100 metric tons  | T
Milk  | CME | XCME | 200,000 lbs  | DC
Cocoa  | ICE | IEPA | 10 metric tons  | CC
Cocoa (London)  | ICE | IEPA | 10 metric tons  | C
Coffee C | ICE | IEPA | 37,500 lb  | KC
Cotton No.2  | ICE | IEPA | 50,000 lb  | CT
Sugar No.11  | ICE | IEPA | 112,000 lb  | SB
Sugar No.14  | ICE | IEPA | 112,000 lb  | SE
Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice | ICE | IEPA | 15,000 lbs  | FCOJ-A
Adzuki bean | OSE | XOSE | 2400 kg  |
Robusta coffee  | ICE | IEPA | 10,000kg  |

### Livestock and meat

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Commodity | Contract size | Currency | Main exchange | Symbol

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Lean Hogs | 40,000 lb (20 tons) | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | HE
Live Cattle | 40,000 lb (20 tons) | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | LE
Feeder Cattle | 50,000 lb (25 tons) | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | GF

### Dairy [2][3]

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Commodity | Contract size | Currency | Main exchange | Symbol

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Class III Milk | 200,000 lb | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | DC
Cash-settled Butter | 20,000 lb (~9 metric tons) | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | CB
Non-fat Dry Milk | 44,000 lb (~22 metric tons) | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | GNF
Whole milk powder | 1 metric ton | USD ($) | Singapore Exchange | WMP
Skim Milk Powder | 1 metric ton | USD ($) | Singapore Exchange | SMP

## Energy

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Commodity  | Main exchange  | Contract size  | Symbol

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WTI Crude Oil | NYMEX, ICE | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal)  | CL (NYMEX), WTI (ICE)
Brent Crude | ICE | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal)  | B
Ethanol | CBOT | 29,000 U.S. gal  | AC (Open Auction) ZE (Electronic)
Natural gas | NYMEX | 10,000 million BTU | NG
Natural gas | ICE | 1,000 therms  | NBP
Heating Oil | NYMEX | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal)  | HO
Gulf Coast Gasoline  | NYMEX | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal)  | LR
RBOB Gasoline | NYMEX | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal)  | RB
Propane | NYMEX | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal)  | PN
Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA)  | ZCE | 5 tons  | TA

## Forest products

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Commodity  | Main exchange  | Contract size  | Symbol

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Random Length Lumber | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | 110,000 nominal board feet  | LBS
Hardwood Pulp[4] | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | 20 metric tonnes  | HWP
Softwood Pulp[4] | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | 20 metric tonnes  | WP

## Metals

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### Industrial Metals

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Commodity | Contract size | Currency | Main exchange | Symbol

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LME Copper | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange, New York | HG
Lead | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange |
Zinc | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange |
Tin | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange |
Aluminium | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange, New York |
Aluminium alloy | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange |
LME Nickel | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange |
Cobalt | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange |
Molybdenum | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange |

### Precious Metals

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Commodity | Contract size | Currency | Main exchange | Symbol

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Gold | 100 troy ounces | USD ($) | COMEX | GC
Platinum | 50 troy ounces | USD ($) | NYMEX | PL
Palladium | 100 troy ounces | USD ($) | NYMEX | PA
Silver | 5,000 troy ounces | USD ($) | COMEX | SI

## Other

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Commodity | Contract size | Currency | Main exchange

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Palm Oil | 1000 kg | Malaysian Ringgit (RM) | Bursa Malaysia
Rubber | 5000 kg | US cents (¢) | Osaka Exchange
Wool | 2500 kg | AUD ($) | ASX
Amber | 1 kg | Rub (₽) | Saint Petersburg "Bourse"

## List of 15 largest global commodities trading companies

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1. Vitol
2. Glencore International AG
3. Trafigura
4. Cargill
5. Salam Investment
6. Archer Daniels Midland
7. Gunvor (company)
8. Beddu-Trading
9. Mercuria Energy Group
10. Noble Group
11. Louis Dreyfus Group
12. Bunge Limited
13. Wilmar International
14. Olam International
15. Cannon Trading Company

## Commodity exchanges

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Main article: List of commodities exchanges

* Chicago Mercantile Exchange
* Dubai Mercantile Exchange
* Euronext
* Intercontinental Exchange
* London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange
* London Metal Exchange
* NASDAQ OMX Commodities
* Dalian Commodity Exchange

## References

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1. ^ "CME Group Website". cmegroup.com. CME Group. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
2. ^ "CME Group Website". cmegroup.com. CME Group. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
3. ^ "Singapore Exchange Limited website". www.sgx.com/derivatives/products/dairy. SGX. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
4. ^ a b CME Group. "Softwood and Hardwood Pulp Futures and Options" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2019.

## External links

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* "CME Group website". cmegroup.com. CME Group. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
* "ICE/NYBoT website". theice.com. ICE/NYBOT Exchange. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
* List of Commodity Delivery Dates on Wikinvest
* "yahoo finance commodities".

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Commodities and commoditization

Soft commodities|

| General|

* Barley
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Cotton
* Cottonseed oil
* Flaxseed
* Frozen orange juice
* Oat
* Olive oil
* Palm oil
* Peanut oil
* Potatoes
* Rapeseed
* Rice
* Rye
* Rubber
* Soybean
* Soybean oil
* Sugar
* Tea
* Wheat

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Animals &
animal products|

* Ambergris
* Bristle
* Butter
* Cashmere
* Civet
* Feathers
* Feeder cattle
* Lean Hog
* Live cattle
* Goats
* Hide (skin)
* Horses
* Ivory
* Lard
* Milk
* Musk
* Pet industry
* Pork bellies
* Pork belly futures
* Sheep
* Silk
* Sponges
* Tallow
* Whalebone
* Wool
* Wool tops

Hard commodities|

| Energy|

* Coal
* Compressed hydrogen
* Crude oil
* Ethanol
* Heating oil
* Natural gas
* Propane
* Thorium
* Uranium

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Industrial metals|

* Aluminium
* Aluminium alloy
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Lead
* Molybdenum
* Nickel
* Steel
* Tin
* Zinc

Precious metals|

* Gold
* Palladium
* Platinum
* Silver

Organizations|

* Commodity market
* Futures contract
* Futures exchange
* List of commodities exchanges
* List of futures exchanges

Laws|

* Commodity Exchange Act

Miscellaneous|

* Commodification
* Commoditization
* Commodification of nature
* Commodification of the womb
* Commodification of water
* Commodity status of animals
* Fictitious commodities
* Heritage commodification
* Economic value
* Exchange value
* Price
* Use value/utility

* List of traded commodities

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