Commodity International Trade Guide Series: Sugar

Author: Kingman
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: This book is divided into seven main parts: Part 1 introduces the history of the sugar industry, discusses the political nature of commodities, and explores the development of world trade; Part 2 Global Situation, provides a detailed examination of the background of sugar trade, with chapters covering current trade flows, relative production costs, etc.; Part 3 Spot, studies the core of spot trade, explores the factors that constitute prices, and introduces the operations of the London Sugar Association; Part 4 Futures, provides a detailed introduction to the operation of the futures market and other related factors; Part 5 Management, covers topics such as payments, banking, and accounting in separate sections; Part 6 Regional Markets, examines government intervention and the role and function of regional sugar trade organizations; Part 7 Appendix, includes the main contents referred to as the "toolkit" of sugar trade, such as examples of standard contracts and the rules of NYMEX and London futures transactions, etc. This book introduces the history of the sugar industry, the background of sugar trade, the operations of the London Sugar Association, the operation of the futures market and other related factors, and explores government intervention as well as the role and function of regional sugar trade organizations.