Setelah melalui masa yang penuh tantangan bagi perekonomian dan perdagangan komoditi di Indonesia sepanjang tahun 2023. Tentunya, tahun 2024 diharapkan perdagangan komoditi mengalami peningkatan. Seperti apa proyeksi perdagangan komoditi saat ini? Apa saja tantangan yang akan kita hadapi? Simak penjelasannya dalam The Source Issue 29.​

The price of crude oil contracts traded on ICDX closed lower by 1.8% to below $78 per barrel. The main sentiment influencing oil price movements this week is still focused on US interest rate policy, the OPEC+ meeting in June, and geopolitical developments in the Middle East, especially the Gaza conflict.

CPOTR price movements increased within a week to IDR 11.265/Kg due to the market following the strengthening of soybean oil prices. When the price of soybean oil becomes more expensive, CPO becomes more attractive. Because these two commodities are indeed substitutes for each other.

Gold prices strengthened to $2,363 per Troy Ounce compared to the previous week due to the impact of rising expectations of interest rate cuts and rising geopolitical tensions.

Meningkatnya permintaan terhadap produk sawit ini membuat potensi keuntungan yang dapat diraih dengan menyediakan Crude Palm Oil (CPO), hal ini berimbas pada banyaknya lahan sawit yang dibuka oleh berbagai pihak.

Sebagai negara penghasil minyak kelapa sawit atau Crude Palm Oil (CPO) terbesar di dunia, Indonesia memegang peranan yang sangat penting dalam global supply chain industry yang memanfaatkan minyak kelapa sawit sebagai bahan baku.

Tin's performance declined by 5%, triggered by the low release of China's Manufacturing Index figures as the main global tin consumer country. China's official Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell in April, to 50.4, versus an expansion of 50.8 in March. The market forecast is 50.3 in the reported month. The index continues to stay above the 50 mark, which separates expansion and contraction. NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI fell to 51.2 in April versus 52.2 forecast and 53.0 figure in March. But on the upbeat data front, China's Caixin Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 51.4 in April, compared with an expansion of 51.1 seen in March. The figure beat market estimates of 51.0 in the reported month. China's economic conditions greatly influence fluctuations in world tin prices, so that the worsening of China's economic conditions also weighs on tin's performance

Crude oil contracts traded on ICDX were observed to move steadily and tend to strengthen above the level of $81 per barrel during the closing week ending April 26. Several positive catalysts that support oil prices include escalating tensions in the Middle East, the proposed 14th sanctions package against Russia, and bullish comments from Yellen.