Collocations withcommodity
These are words often used in combination withcommodity.
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agricultural commodity
For many writers of the 1960s and 1970s, agricultural commodity production was seen as an economic dead-end.
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basic commodity
It has the duty of providing for the community the basic commodity, coal.
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bulk commodity
Beeching wants to do is to concentrate on what he believes the railways can do best—bulk commodity carryings, not over short distances, but essentially on long hauls.
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commodity chemical
Investment into these large scale manufacturing units and the lowering of environmental impacts in commodity chemical production involves large capital expenditures and long time horizons.
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commodity commission
Those three slender planks were: first, a marketing board, particularly for cereals; secondly, a commodity commission; and, thirdly, cheap credit for agriculture.
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commodity futures
In the case of all agricultural commodities except feeder calves, the mechanism for delivery on agricultural commodity futures contracts is physical exchange of the commodity.
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commodity index
So a commodity index could represent time, uncertainty, and commodity characteristics like location, whatever you wanted.
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commodity producer
The simple commodity producer could aim just to trade his products for others with an equivalent value, or he could aim to realise a profit.
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commodity trader
A commodity trader who has been matched by means of the costly technology is assured consumption.
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commodity trading
It is as well to realise how important the so-called invisible export earnings are from brokerage and commodity trading.
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essential commodity
That most essential commodity is often taken for granted.
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expensive commodity
A good quality screen large enough for clear display to a whole class is currently a rare and expensive commodity.
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farm commodity
They have borne down on farm commodity prices until they have been able to pay prices that are lower than production costs.
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global commodity
Opium is viewed in this article as a transformed, transformational and global commodity.
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industrial commodity
Many economies are dominated by mining, petroleum, or other industrial commodity production, others receive more income in foreign aid than in corporate or income taxes.
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key commodity
One key commodity traded throughout the region was rice.
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luxury commodity
It is a sizeable proportion which we feel cannot be dismissed as a mere luxury commodity.
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marketable commodity
Therefore, early-season grain legumes providing a marketable commodity may be preferred in a double cropping sequence.
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perishable commodity
Vegetables are also a highly perishable commodity and therefore sellers are price takers who cannot wait for an upswing in prices.
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precious commodity
The condition in which any study can -ourish is a precious commodity in townships with cramped living conditions and few essential facilities.
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primary commodity
The oil crisis and the downturn in primary commodity prices soon exposed the export-dependent economy and government reliance on patronage.
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rare commodity
However, because metal was a rare commodity, imported over long distances and created by specialists, it was likely very expensive.
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scarce commodity
Under the blistering heat, the long marches could be exhausting and water was a scarce commodity.
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surplus commodity
Rather, such surplus commodities are simply transferred to another population.
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traded commodity
The price of newsprint, which is an internationally traded commodity, reflects world market conditions.
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valuable commodity
The forests also provided just about the only valuable commodity in the shape of timber.
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vital commodity
It cannot be said too often that land is the vital commodity for the provision of houses.
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