Kyrgyzstan PDF By: Published on 1993-01-01 by World Bank Publications This handbook provides statistics on international trade in commodities for developing and industrial countries worldwide. It gives detailed time series for primary commodity prices that are a vital part of international trade. Commodity price trends are reviewed for 1987-91. Researchers will learn which years--and commodities--experienced booms or slumps. The report summarizes the activities of individual commodity groups and supplies exhaustive statistical tables in key trade categories. Some tables give external trade values for broad groups--by economic region--over the last two decades. They present data for trade volume, value, unit value, and terms of trade. Others contain time series on the direction of trade by economic regions. Data from earlier years is revised to reflect changes in country coverage. Additional tables provide country profiles on the primary commodity exports of low- and middle-income count...