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UNCTAD launches Insights – trusted data and analysis straight to your inbox

UNCTAD launches Insights – trusted data and analysis straight to your inbox

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has launched Insights – a new newsletter delivering trusted data and analysis on global trade, the economy and development....

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UN Trade and Development and Japan partner to add value to Africa’s critical minerals sector

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Price hike: Commodity index rises in March on record mineral and metal highs

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Copper supply crunch threatens energy and digital transitions

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UNCTAD urges smarter copper trade as bottlenecks threaten global transition

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Reciprocal tariffs should exclude vulnerable developing economies – UN trade body

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Trends in natural and man-made fibres trade

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Global Trade Update (May 2025): Focus on critical minerals – copper in the new green and digital economy

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Changing battery chemistries and implications for critical minerals supply chains

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Uncovering Suape's potential: Strategic pathways to economic complexity and global competitiveness

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Trade and Development Report 2024

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Commodities and Development Report

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Commodities at a Glance

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The State of Commodity Dependence

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World commodity trends and prospects

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Meetings

2025 Annual General Meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development

3 – 5 November 2025

2025 Annual General Meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development

3 July 2025

FFD4 side event: Beyond extraction - reshaping global finance and raw materials trade for a just transition

30 June 2025

FFD4 side event: Reclaiming competitiveness - commodities, trade, and industrialization for sustainable development

20 – 22 May 2025

Namibia: National workshop on illicit financial flows for policy formulation

Windhoek, Namibia

27 March 2025

Webinar on unlocking value: Opportunities and challenges in Africa's critical energy transition minerals sector

Addis Ababa and Geneva

9 December 2024

Side event to the Global Commodities Forum 2024: Strengthening traceability in Latin American coffee value chains

Geneva, Switzerland

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Documents

01 Jul 2025

Trends in natural and man-made fibres trade

English

01 May 2025

Global Trade Update (May 2025)

English

14 Apr 2025

Changing battery chemistries and implications for critical minerals supply chains

English

14 Jan 2025

Key Takeaways from the Global Commodities Forum 2024

English

06 Nov 2024

Report of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development on its fifteenth session

05 Nov 2024

Uncovering Suape's potential: Strategic pathways to economic complexity and global competitiveness

English

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