Further, studies suggest that owing to concentration in the structure of international commodity markets, commodity producers are less likely to benefit from increases in international commodity prices at the wholesale and retail levels.

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The meeting was opened on 29 October 1997 by Mr. J.C. Saigal, Senior Programme Manager of the Division of International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities (DITC).

When the economy decelerated in the past, low end and primary commodities were the most significantly affected. In the current economic fluctuation however, both high and low end industrial products of Northeast China s traditional industries were affected.

Producers of primary commodities often suffer from the low prices paid to them.

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(a) Examination of the effectiveness and usefulness for commodity dependent countries of new tools in commodity markets risk management and collateralized finance

The economy of Namibia is characterized by a dominance of primary industries.

(vii) continue efforts to make effective international commodities agreements concluded under the guidance of the United Nations intended to promote and improve production and trade of primary products of vital interest to developing countries.

(a) Major agricultural food and commodities

Improved market access for primary commodities, especially in their processed forms, should be provided, particularly by developed countries.

The least developed countries needed to produce more exportable goods, including not merely primary commodities but also manufactured goods, and consequently they must foster diversification.

Essential medical supplies, supplementary feeding for vulnerable groups and rehabilitation of physical disabilities were also provided within the framework of the primary health care programme.

Commodity finance and risk management , in which partnerships would be launched among producer associations, banks and other financial institutions and Governments in order to address this constraint faced by many developing countries by extending new financial engineering tools to commodities markets.

Item 3 Commodities and development

Declining importance of primary commodities

Secondly, the products of these semi and low skilled workers must have access to markets.

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35. The Senior Programme Manager of the Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities said that, though unevenly, some progress had been made in each of the areas dealt with in the secretariat apos s report.

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Between 1985 and 1996, the basket of goods exported increased markedly, and there was a clear switch in exports from commodity based products to products with high added value.

Can South South trade in semi processed goods for further processing, and in partially processed goods for processing into final agro industry related products, be translated into enhanced income to primary producers?

Changes in the sectoral composition of world output towards less commodity intensive service sectors, combined with technological advances making for less raw material use per unit of output, appear to foreshadow a continuing long run decline in the prices of primary commodities relative to those of manufactured goods.

Thus, steel products as a group were less dynamic than world exports but slightly more dynamic than commodities.

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Also, both the product mix and trade links of African countries maintained the traditional bias towards primary commodities and northern markets.

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To diversify production in developing countries, including food production, and to expand processing of primary products in developing countries with a view to promoting their industrialization and increasing their export earnings

The declining importance of primary commodities in world trade appears to foreshadow a continuation of the long term erosion in the prices of primary commodities relative to those of manufactured goods.

3. In such a context, the short term advantages of attaining a diversified production and export structure in commodity dependent economies are undisputed.

3. Diversification in commodity dependent countries

A. Diversification in commodity dependent countries

Article 17 The departments in charge of control of food production or marketing of the people's governments at various levels shall strengthen control of food hygiene and oversee the implementation of this Law.