IMF Primary Commodity Markets

IMF Primary Commodity Prices

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Primary Commodity Markets

Data on Primary Commodity Markets are updated monthly based on the IMF’s Primary Commodity Markets System. 

Indices and Market Prices

Commodity Terms of Trade

The database includes a set of country-specific commodity-price based indices for 182 economies from 1962. 

For each country, the change in the international price of up to 45 individual commodities is weighted using commodity-level trade data.

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Contact Us

The Commodities Unit of the Research Department provides information on primary commodity market developments. For additional information, read our FAQs or write to us.

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Commodity Special Feature

Part of the World Economic Outlook publication, the Commodity Special Feature covers commodity market developments and the outlook and analyzes a special issue.

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Other Resources

Selected IMF resources on commodities, including research, blogs, and other related content.

Research

Publications

News