The Commission, under agenda item 3, would examine how access to commodity trade finance affected the competitiveness and market entry capacities of developing countries, especially commodity dependent ones.

This form of finance is known in western banks as structured commodity finance.

With South South trade growing at almost three times the speed of world trade, an important focus in the area of commodity finance is strengthening the institutions for such trade.

Trade and finance

B. Trade and finance .

The creation of such an exchange will greatly improve conditions for commodity marketing and finance in Africa, including for national and intra African trade.

7. Agenda 21 also deals with international commodity trade and trade diversification.

Trade institution building commodity exchanges and risk management

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)

International trade and development finance

International trade and development finance

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

With its focus on integrated issues of trade, development and finance, UNCTAD has been able to do pioneering work on improving commodity sector practices and policies.

Indeed, Asian trade and commodity flows are increasingly interlinked.

Trade institution building commodity exchanges and risk management 7

Commodity trade requires a great deal of organized information.

5. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

6. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

Subprogramme International trade and development finance

5. International trade and development finance

J. Public finance and international trade

FAO continued to place considerable emphasis on commodity trade problems.

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

New Tremors in Global Finance and Trade

B. Trade and finance . 122 136 30

5. International trade and development finance 23

5. International trade and development finance 158

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

Africa apos s trade deficit widened following collapses in commodity prices.

Private finance and trade drove the world economy.

POST REQUIREMENTS Programme International trade and development finance

(c) Promote equilibrium between supply and demand within expanding world commodity trade.

One key issue clouding the future is trade finance.

Enhancing supply capacity through improved investment and trade finance

(UN E 24 340) International trade and development finance

Subprogramme 5. International trade and development finance 4.8 3.2

Subprogramme 6. International trade and development finance 3.6 1.9

5. Money, finance and trade reforms for UNU WIDER

J. Public finance and international trade . 72 77 16

UNCTAD secretariat computations based on UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) data .

The majority of the methods under the umbrella of structured commodity finance view the borrower (producer, farmers' association, processor or trader) as part of the commodity supply chain.

70. Commercial finance remains extremely scarce this constraint, too, also directly affects the availability of trade finance.

The starting point for this development was the creation of the Statistic Division application for maintenance and dissemination of detailed commodity trade statistics, namely, the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade).