Reference Sources

Commodity: Resources by Category

Kevin Harwell
Title: Business Librarian

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Agricultural Marketing Service
Market news of 6 major agricultural commodities:
- Cotton
  - Weekly cotton market review (Prices, spot quotations, certificated stocks, import quota)
  - Cotton daily spot quotation
  - Cotton price statistics (monthly/annual, by regions, U.S. season average, U.S. weighted average)
- Dairy
  - Dairy weekly news report, biweekly or annual price sheets
  - Dairy market statistics, annual summary (production, storage, purchases, CME cash markets)
  - Commodity averages (weekly, monthly, annually)
  - CME cash dairy markets
- Fruit and vegetable
  - Retail price, price by terminal markets, price by shipping points
  - Specialty
- Livestock and seed
  - Livestock and grain market news (prices and average prices by product types)
  - Various types of reports by product types (auction, stocks, demand, etc.)
- Poultry and egg
  - Poultry and egg market news reports (trade volume, prices)
  - Historical poultry and egg data portal
- Tobacco
  - Market news reports
National Agriculture Statistic Service
Search tool for agriculture information
Chicago Merchantile Exchange (CME)
- Future, options, and swap
- Grain and oilseeds, livestock, dairy, commodity indexes
- NYMEX softs (Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Sugar #11)
Intercontinental Exchange
- Future, options, swap
- Canola, FCOJ-A, W Barley
- OTC transactions
- Three markets: U.S., Canada, Europe

Energy Information Administration
- U.S.
- Prices (spot price and future price, world price and export price)
- Reserves, production, and stock
- Imports/exports
- Refining and processing
- Consumption and sales
U.S. Geological Survey
- Coal, oil, gas and gas hydrates
- USGS researches and publications by year and by authors
- Historical production data
- Distribution
- Quality and chemical information
- Energy assessment in terms of reserves and in-place resources
Mining Series Reports (2002 Economic Census)
- Reports on oil and gas extraction by NAICS code
- Number of companies and establishments
- Number of employees, payroll, and wages
- Value added
- Cost of supplies, capital expenditures
- Total value of shipments and receipts for services
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- History, mission, and membership
- News and press releases
- Data/graphs on oil price, production, taxes, and market indicators
- Reports, bulletins, reviews, and outlook
New York Mercantile Exchange
- Futures and options
- Contract specifications
- Price charts
Intercontinental Exchange
- Future, options, swap
- OTC transactions
- Three markets: U.S., Canada, Europe

National Mining Association
- Mining statistics (including gold, silver, iron and steel)
- Production statistics
- U.S. percent share of world production
- Per capital consumption
- Imports/exports
- Economic impact of Gold and Silver by state
U.S. Geological Survey
- Commodity statistics and information (including precious metals, ferrous and nonferrous)
- Summaries and yearbook
- Industry survey
- Supply-demand, end-use statistics
- Historical price fluctuation
American Iron and Steel Institute
- Statistics of steel industry data
- Latest weekly report on raw steel production
- Monthly steel shipments and comparison of shipments within major market classification
- Monthly report of steel imports based on primary Census Bureau data
- Steel exports in the last twelve months
London Metal Exchange
- Furtures prices
- Contract specifications
- Price charts
New York Mercantile Exchange
- Futures and options
- Contract specifications
- Price charts