Download or read book World Commodity Survey 2003-2004 written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third edition of this survey which discusses the state of key commodity sectors and commodity-related services, and explores the impact of recent world trends and economic developments on commodity markets. Chapters cover financial and commodities trading, agriculture and fisheries, metals and diamonds, energy, the motor industry, chemicals, fertilisers, forestry products, textiles, shipping and insurance services. The survey also contains short essays on the world economic environment by continent, the role of the State, financial and commodity futures markets, as well as reviews of the oil market and the Enron case.