Kansai Commodities Exchange (KEX) is a futures exchange based in Osaka, Japan.
Trading is conducted at six specified session times through the day. Commodities traded are
- Azuki (red beans) — grade 2 produced in Hokkaidō, other grades or origins at a discount
- Coffee index — cash settled average of arabica and robusta on the Tokyo Grain Exchange
- Corn 75 index — cash settled average price of corn at Tokyo Grain Exchange, Fukuoka Futures Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade and soybean meal at Chicago Board of Trade
- Frozen shrimp — frozen raw headless shell-on black tiger prawns for delivery at Osaka or Kobe
- IOM soybeans (possibly GMO)
- Non-GMO soybeans — identity-preserved number 2 yellow soybeans of certain USA states origin, delivered in Japan
- Raw silk — 27 denier 3A produced in Japan, delivered to Kobe or Yokohama
- Raw sugar — from various countries of origin, delivery at various Japanese ports
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