As the first futures contract listed on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange, crude oil futures product opened a new era in the internationalisation of Chinese commodity futures.

After the official implementation of the IMO Global Sulfur Restriction Order in 2020, low sulfur fuel oil has become an international mainstream product. In contrast, high sulfur fuel oil can be applied to the ships equipped with scrubbers, power generation as well as industrial refining.

TSR20 is one category of natural rubber, which is widely used in downstream industries, such as auto parts processing, clothing, shoes and hats processing industries.

The listing of BC futures not only provides liquidity for Global trade of copper but also avoids price fluctuation risk. And it is beneficial to many domestic and foreign industrial-chain enterprises and investors. Investors can take advantage of the arbitrage opportunities among the SHFE, INE and LME market.

As China proved to be the largest consumer of iron ore in the world, iron ore futures product has been opened to offshore investors since 2018.

PTA is not only a crucial intermediate in the petrochemical industry chain, derived from petroleum fractionation and cracking, but also a significant raw material for polyester products.

The list of RBD Palm olein in China's futures market has enriched the oil futures series, which brings more intercommodity spread opportunities to investors.

SCFIS(Europe) futures (EC) is a shipping-index-based futures. The underlying Index “Shanghai (export) Containerized Freight Index based on Settled Rates (SCFIS) (Europe service)” is issued by Shanghai Shipping Exchange. The Futures is listed on Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE), which provides an effective risk management tool for shipping market to avoid the fluctuation of freight rates.

Dalian Commodity Exchange listed soybean futures in 1993, after the national policy and spot market changes, Soybean futures gradually replaced by No.1 Soybean and No.2 Soybean. No.1 Soybean was listed in 2002 and the contract is for edible non-GMO soybeans.

Dalian Commodity Exchange listed soybean futures in 1993, after the national policy and spot market changes, soybean futures gradually replaced by No.1 Soybean and No.2 Soybean. No.2 Soybean was listed in 2004, and its futures contract is for oil extraction soybeans, including GMO soybeans and non-GMO soybeans.

Soybean Meal futures was listed on DCE in 2000, which is the world’s largest trading volume of agricultural products futures. DEC Soybean Meal futures have high liquidity and full participation of industrial customers, and the future prices have become an important pricing benchmark for spot soybean meal trade in China.

Soybean Oil futures was listed on DCE in 2006, which is the world’s largest trading volume of soybean oil products futures. DEC Soybean Oil futures have high liquidity and full participation of industrial customers, and the future prices have become an important pricing benchmark for spot soybean oil trade in China.

Like agricultural products, rapeseed oil has the characteristics of complex influencing factors of agricultural products, frequent fluctuations and many investment opportunities. In addition, it has the advantage of easy quality standardization of industrial products.

Peanut kernel futures was listed on CZCE in 2021. The peanuts traded abroad are mostly peanuts with shells, and the proportion is about 60%. As shelled peanuts occupy a large space, it increases storage costs. Therefore, peanuts are generally stored without shelled in China, and the peanuts futures trade contract in CZCE are peanut kernels.

Rapeseed meal is an important raw material for oil and feed industry. Since 2012, Rapeseed Meal futures in CZCE has been running smoothly and its functions have been gradually played. Besides, it has been recognized and supported by all participants in the market.