bulk commodity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbulkandcommodity
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bulk
noun
uk/bʌlk/us/bʌlk/
something or someone that is ...
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commodity
noun[C]
uk/kəˈmɒd.ə.ti/us/kəˈmɑː.də.t̬i/
a substance or product that can be traded, bought, ...
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(Definition ofbulkandcommodityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Beeching wants to do is to concentrate on what he believes the railways can do best—bulkcommoditycarryings, not over short distances, but essentially on long hauls.
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Along with the processing industries,bulkcommoditystorage and machining and manufacturing entered the scene.
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Maca flour (powder) is a relatively inexpensivebulkcommodity, much like wheat flour or potato flour.
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Price risk management through the use of options and futures markets are not suited for organic growers because these markets are based on conventionally grown bulk commodities.
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But for coasting traffic, being mainly concerned with the carrying of bulk commodities over long distances, the railways are the main competitors.
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Large farms, selling bulk commodities, with pollution risks and herd health problems represent a future that we must work to avoid.
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The waterways are best suited to the carriage of bulk commodities, for which the alternative is more often rail than road.
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For distances less than 100 miles, the private haulier will have complete freedom to carry except for a few specified bulk commodities.
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Short-distance freight—not bulk commodities—can obviously be best carried on short routes by road.
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In bulk commodities a reduction in wholesale prices ultimately reaches the consumer.
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There has already been a high degree of rationalisation in the distribution of bulk commodities such as grain, petroleum products and chemicals.
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They say that the effects of revision of the policy should be for the price of bulk commodities to be reduced.
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Again, this might be a method of reducing substantially transport costs, particularly on bulk commodities.
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After many decades of decline in this century, it has now recorded a dramatic revival based on timber, grain and bulk commodities.
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Barges also excel in the transport of bulk commodities, such as grain, sulphur, groundnuts, ballast, coal, oil and petroleum, and dangerous commodities such as acid and explosives.
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Perhaps it would be more beneficial if these powers had been vested in an import-export board which could purchase in bulk commodities offered at low rates in various countries.
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The railways are able to deal with long hauls and certain bulk commodities, but lorries have to make deliveries to individual factories, commercial premises, warehouses and shops.
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The only long-term remedy, so far as the bulk market is concerned, is a sustained increase in the demand for bulk commodities to be carried about the world by sea.
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Products hauled in these trailers include but are not limited to bulk commodities, municipal waste, and construction debris.
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In addition, they are good for hygroscopic bulk commodities which have to be loaded from above.
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