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The commodity boom returns, but what's next?
After being depressed for the last two years, commodity prices have been showing signs of a recovery since January 2017.
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The process of coal shipment (Courtesy of/mbss.co.id)
After being depressed for the last two years, commodity prices have been showing signs of a recovery since January 2017.
Although it is not a commodity “boom” as witnessed in the past, it will still have a significant impact on Indonesian exports in the first quarter of 2017.
Severe floods in Australia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as Indonesia’s domestic biodiesel programs, have cut supplies of coal, rubber and palm oil.
At the same time, because of stronger economic growth in developed countries and some emerging countries, demand for these commodities has risen. Between January 2016 and 2017, the coal price rose by 60 percent, palm oil by 40 percent and rubber by 120 percent.
