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Iran Mercantile Exchange

The Iran Mercantile Exchange (Persian: بورس کالای ایران, IME) is a commodities exchange located in Tehran, Iran. Established on 20 September 2007 from the merger of the Tehran Metal Exchange and the Iran Agricultural Exchange, IME trades in agricultural, metal and mineral, oil and petrochemical products in the spot market and gold coin in the futures market.

Iran Mercantile Exchange
بورس کالای ایران
TypeCommodities exchange
LocationTehran, Iran
Founded2007[1]
OwnerIME is 30% owned by individuals and 70% by legal and financial entities.[2]
Key peopleJavad Jahromi (CEO)
CurrencyIranian rial
CommoditiesIndustrial products, agricultural products, petrochemicals[1]
Websitehttp://en.ime.co.ir/

Commodities

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IME facilitates the trading of commodities and products through its markets.

IME's Listed Commodities on Different Trading Floors

Main Group Sub-Group Commodities
Physical Market Industrial & Mineral Steel, Copper, Iron Ore, Aluminum, Zinc and rare metals concentrate, Gold bar
Agricultural Products Barley, Wheat, Maize, Sugar, Crude Vegetable Oil, Frozen Chicken, and Meals, Saffron, Cumin Seed, Pistachios
Petrochemical Products PP, PE, LDPE, aromatics, SBR feed stocks, MS, PS
Oil Products Lube Cut, Insulation, Oil, Bitumen, Vacuum Bottom, Lube Cut, Slap Wax
Side Market Side Market Various Products with Non-Continuous Offering:  Steel, Scraps, Polymers, Zinc, Chemicals, Minerals, Feeds, Copper, Sulfate,  Lime
Derivatives Market Futures Contracts Saffron, Cumin Seed, Pistachios
Options Contracts Gold Coins
Financial Market Standard Parallel SALAM Contracts Cement, Steel, Iron Ore, Ethylene, Concentrate, Wheat, Frozen Chicken, PVC
Certificates of Deposit Gold Coins, Maize, Barley, Pistachios, Saffron
Investment Funds Gold Coins. See also: Iranian gold coin

Products

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Industrial

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See also: Mining in Iran

Petrochemicals & Oil by-products

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See also: National Petrochemical Company

Agricultural

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See also: Agriculture in Iran
  • Grains Group: various kinds of corn, grain, wheat, rice, bran
  • Dried and Trans Products: various kinds of pistachio, date, raisins, saffron, cumin, tea, sugar
  • Oil Meals and Seeds Group: various kinds of oily seeds like soybean and oil cake seeds like soybean, colza, cotton seed, sunshade, Safflower cake, corn, palm
  • Cereals Group: pea, lentil
  • Frozen Chicken

New products

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In 2016, IME introduced gold futures and options (as hedging tools).[3]

Supervision and regulation

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The Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) is the sole regulatory entity for the regulation and development of the capital market in Iran.[4] In 2013, Iran Mercantile Exchange joined the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS) as an observer member.[5]

Tradable contracts

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Trading system

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Trading in IME is based on open outcry auction using electronic trading platform, an interaction of bids and offers made by the buying and selling brokers.

IME Statistics

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Source: Central Bank of Iran[6][7][8][9][10]
IME Exchange (Including spot, credit and forward transactions) 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/111 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14
Agricultural - Volume (thousand tons) 273.0 173.5 175.2 1,633.9 549.6 184.5 266.2
Agricultural - Value (billion rials) 772.6 3,729.7 484.8 3,729.7 3,792.8 1,346.5 2,748.5
Manufacturing and Metal - Volume (thousand tons) 6,443.8 6,679.7 7,438.5 8,694.0 11,685.8 13,172.0 13,555.2
Manufacturing and Metal - Value (billion rials) 58,044.2 62,120.6 53,842.0 75,235.5 102,534.1 197,341 226,211.0
Oil and Petrochemical - Volume (thousand tons) 89.7 4,339.2 7,052.9 6,662.6 8,116.6 8,352.0 10,572.0
Oil and Petrochemical - Value (billion rials) 352.7 19,921.0 36,450.7 41,478.0 64,360.8 116,387.0 199,113.0
Grand Total - Volume (thousand tons) 6,806.5 11,192.4 14,666.6 16,990.5 20,352.0 21,708.5 24,393.4
Grand Total - Value (billion rials) 59,169.4 82,685.3 90,777.5 120,443.2 170,687.7 315,074.5 428,072.5

1 Due to the reclassification of "cement" under "manufacturing and mining products", figures for 2010/11 have been revised. Previously, "cement" was classified under "oil and petrochemical products".

References

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  1. ^ a b "Iran Mercantile Exchange". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  2. ^ Nasseri, Ladane (2008-05-27). "Iranian Exchange to Start Commodity Futures in July; Oil Later". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  3. ^ "Options Trading to Make Debut With Gold Coins". 10 December 2016. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. ^ en.seo.ir https://web.archive.org/web/20110722020229/http://en.seo.ir/Portals/80db6c92-61a1-4abe-a487-e469fa03e00c/IICM-vol1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Members' Profiles".
  6. ^ http://www.cbi.ir/page/7575.aspx [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ Central Bank of The Islamic Replic of Iran. Cbi.ir. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.
  8. ^ "Annual Review". Central Bank of The Islamic Republic of Iran. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  9. ^ http://www.cbi.ir/page/11992.aspx Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ http://www.cbi.ir/Newestdoc.aspx?id=0&dn=AnnualReview_en&dl=1 Archived 2019-05-02 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
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