Commodity Market Data

Information on commodity prices, price indices, origins, types, and values, including historical and current market trends. Financial institutions may reference this data to assess and validate commodity-related transactions in contexts such as trade finance.

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Code
DS0009
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Name
Commodity Market Data
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Version
1.0
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Category
Market & Instrument Data
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Created
2025-04-02
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Modified
2025-04-02
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Related Techniques

  • Provides commodity prices, indices, and historical market trends for agricultural products, livestock, or raw materials.
  • Enables validation of reported crop or livestock prices and sales figures against real market values.
  • Identifies unusual price variances or manipulated valuations used to inflate or understate agribusiness revenues in laundering schemes.

Provides real-time and historical pricing, trade volumes, and valuations for commodities, enabling the verification of invoice amounts and product values stated in Bill of Exchange transactions. This helps detect over-invoicing or under-invoicing schemes and flags unrealistic pricing compared to prevailing market levels.

  • Contains historical and current prices, types, and valuation references for commodities.
  • Allows comparison of declared values for precious commodities stored in bonded warehouses, aiding in spotting inconsistencies or forged certifications that may signal laundering activities.
  • Provides pricing indices, origins, and historical or current market trends for various commodities.
  • Identifies transactions priced significantly above or below typical benchmark values for environmental or wildlife goods.

This data source flags inflated or undervalued trades indicative of laundering or commingling illicit proceeds.

Offers reference market prices and trends for different commodities, enabling direct comparison between declared invoice values and actual market rates. Such comparisons can reveal deliberate over- or under-invoicing schemes central to commodity smuggling.

Provides real-time and historical commodity price information and market trends.

  • Enables direct comparison of invoiced commodity prices against prevailing market rates to detect over- or under-invoicing.
  • Supports investigations by revealing unsubstantiated price discrepancies indicative of trade-based money laundering.

Provides reference pricing and market trends for various goods. By comparing declared product values against recognized commodity benchmarks, financial institutions can detect indications of counterfeit goods through price discrepancies or mismatches with typical market valuations. This helps identify under- or over-invoicing schemes that criminals may use to disguise the true nature and value of counterfeit products.

Provides up-to-date and historical commodity pricing and market trends. This data assists investigators by:

  • Comparing declared invoice values against market benchmarks to reveal over- or under-invoicing.
  • Detecting unusual pricing patterns inconsistent with normal commodity fluctuations.
  • Provides real-time and historical market pricing for diamonds, enabling scrutiny of declared values in trade documentation.
  • Assists in identifying suspiciously undervalued diamond shipments that deviate significantly from prevailing market rates.
  • Offers market-based diamond pricing references.
  • Supports AML by comparing declared diamond values against standard market rates to identify artificially inflated valuations.
  • Provides standard market prices and historical trends for commodities.
  • Enables detection of under- or over-valued goods in documentary collections.
  • Assists in identifying misrepresentation of cargo values used to launder funds through fraudulent trade invoices.
  • Presents pricing and market information for commodities, including forests and fisheries.
  • Allows comparison of declared transaction values with actual market prices.
  • Exposes under- or over-invoicing schemes used to launder proceeds from illegal natural resource exploitation.
  • Provides real-time and historical commodity prices, indices, and market trends.
  • Compares declared export invoice values to prevailing market rates or average commodity prices.
  • Detects significant overpricing indicative of fraudulent export valuations.
  • Provides confirmed market prices and benchmarks for precious metals, gemstones, and other commodities.
  • Supports direct comparison of invoiced jewelry sale amounts to typical market values.
  • Detects manipulated price points (e.g., grossly inflated or undervalued) used to launder proceeds.
  • Data Provided: Pricing indexes and historical/current market values for various commodities.
  • AML Relevance: Supports the detection of inflated or underpriced commodity invoices by comparing declared trade values against real market benchmarks, revealing potential misinvoicing in fictitious trade schemes.
  • Provides reference prices, historical trends, and valuation benchmarks for various commodities.
  • Enables comparison of declared goods' prices against realistic market values to spot over- or under-invoicing.
  • Helps validate the plausibility of trade transactions executed in free trade zones.
T0069.002
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Information on commodity prices, typical market rates, and standard volumes enables institutions to compare declared shipment values and volumes against prevailing market benchmarks. This comparison can reveal inflated or unrealistic valuations often used in ghost shipping schemes.

T0055.001
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  • Provides official pricing, historical trends, and benchmarks for gold.
  • Allows verification of gold transaction valuations to detect potential overpricing or underpricing schemes used for laundering.
  • Provides reference prices, indices, and historical trends for commodities such as gold or diamonds.
  • Helps identify inflated or inconsistent valuations and frequent reappraisals used to manipulate asset prices in layering schemes.
T0145.001
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Provides standard commodity values, typical volumes, and market trends for timber products. Comparing declared prices or quantities with market benchmarks can reveal suspicious underreporting or overvaluation, indicating potential misinvoicing or trade-based laundering.

  • Offers reliable market benchmarks, historical trends, and real-time pricing indices for various commodities.
  • Enables direct comparisons of invoiced amounts to typical market rates, exposing potential overpricing in trade transactions used to disguise illicit funds.
  • Provides benchmark commodity prices and historical market trends.
  • Comparing declared invoice pricing against prevailing market rates uncovers over-invoicing or under-invoicing, which is indicative of invoice manipulation.

Provides reference prices, historical valuations, and price indices for precious metals and gemstones. By comparing declared jewelry worth to credible market benchmarks, financial institutions can detect artificially inflated or deflated valuations indicative of money laundering schemes.

  • Provides market prices, indices, and valuations for commodities like oil, including historical trends.
  • Enables comparison of declared invoice values for oil shipments against real-time or benchmark pricing to detect under- or over-invoicing.
  • Helps assess the plausibility of reported commodity grades and volumes used in fraudulent trade documentation.

Offers real-time and historical pricing information for commodities, including market trends and price indices. Financial institutions can compare reported export values with established market rates to detect inflated or fictitious prices indicative of pre-shipment finance manipulation.

  • Provides up-to-date and historical pricing, market trends, and valuations of precious commodities.
  • Aids in comparing invoice or declared values against real market rates to detect mispricing consistent with smuggling or laundering.

Provides recognized market prices, indexes, and historical trends for commodities, including precious metals and gemstones. This information helps:

  • Identify mispricing or undervalued/overvalued trades that may conceal illicit proceeds.
  • Compare transaction values against prevailing market rates to detect significant discrepancies.
  • Enhance investigations into possible fraudulent or artificial pricing schemes.

Offers real-time and historical pricing benchmarks for goods traded on global markets. By comparing declared prices in red/green clause letters of credit (LCs) against market rates, institutions can detect over- or under-invoicing tactics commonly used to launder funds.

Provides real-time and historical commodity pricing information, enabling direct comparison between declared values in shipping documents and actual market rates. This supports AML detection by uncovering over-invoicing and under-invoicing schemes often used to obscure illicit fund movements in trade transactions.

Offers current and historical commodity pricing, enabling the comparison of declared prices against prevailing market rates. Detects overvaluation or undervaluation of goods, a common tactic in trade diversion to disguise illicit value.

Provides benchmark pricing and market trends for the commodities listed on trade finance invoices. By comparing declared invoice values with prevailing market rates, investigators can detect potential over- or under-invoicing schemes.

  • Contains real-time and historical commodity pricing, including reference indices, typical market valuations, and trade volumes.
  • Supports direct comparison of declared invoice amounts with prevailing market prices to identify over- or under-invoicing patterns commonly associated with trade misinvoicing.

Contains real-time and historical market values for various commodities. By comparing declared invoice prices to current market benchmarks, investigators can detect over- or under-invoicing practices, which are common indicators of illicit value transfer within trade-based money laundering.