106 exchanges
Complete Exchange Atlas · v1.0

Every Commodities
Exchange. Every Region.
One Portal.

The first comprehensive atlas of the world's commodities exchanges —
106 venues across 7 regions, from the Chicago Board of Trade to the Nairobi Coffee Exchange, covering every product category and every data feed.

Browse Exchanges Mission & Vision

Motto: "What the world trades, we map — from the mine to the market."
Mission: To make the global commodities exchange ecosystem fully visible, searchable, and understandable — every venue, every product, every data feed, for every participant from producer to trader to regulator.
Vision: A world where no commodity transaction happens in the dark — where every exchange is catalogued, every product category is mapped, and every market participant has a single window into the global commodity trading infrastructure.

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Exchange Coverage by Product Category

Based on registered product categories per exchange
106
Exchanges
Across 7 regions
45
Live Data Feeds
Real-time API accessible
22
Delayed Feeds
15-min or market data
31
Market Pages
Public delayed data
8
Closed / Inactive
Historical or dormant

Product Category Coverage

The Commodities Supply Chain — Every Step
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Extraction & Production
Mines, wells, farms, forests — where commodities originate. Producers hedge with futures on local and international exchanges.
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Logistics & Shipping
Bulk carriers, tankers, container ships, rail, pipeline. Freight derivatives (Baltic Exchange on SGX) hedge shipping costs.
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Processing & Refining
Crude to refined, ore to metal, beans to oil. Processors hedge input and output prices on exchanges like CME, SHFE, DCE.
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Commodities Exchanges
Where standardized contracts are traded — futures, options, spot. 106 exchanges globally. Price discovery and risk transfer happen here.
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Institutional Trading
Hedgers (producers, consumers), speculators, funds, banks. Trade through exchanges or OTC. Clear through exchange clearinghouses.
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End Markets & Consumers
Manufacturers, retailers, consumers. The physical commodity reaches its final use — fuel, food, metal, energy — priced off the exchange benchmarks.
CRITICOS maps exchanges at the heart of every step — the price discovery and risk transfer hub where the entire chain converges.

About CRITICOS

Global Commodities Exchange Atlas

What It Is

CRITICOS is the first comprehensive atlas of every commodities exchange and market in the world. We catalog each venue — its location, founding year, products traded, data feed availability, and strategic significance — in a single searchable database.

Who It's For

Producers hedging output. Traders seeking venue coverage. Researchers mapping global commodity flows. Regulators monitoring market infrastructure. Students learning how commodities actually trade. Anyone who needs to answer: "Which exchange trades X, where, and with what data feed?"

Data Tiers Explained

  • Live — Real-time API (WebSocket, REST, FIX). Paid or free tier.
  • Delayed — 15-min delayed or similar free endpoints.
  • Market Pages — Public delayed data on exchange websites, scrapeable.
  • Closed — No accessible electronic feed. Historical or dormant.

Coverage Scope

106 commodities exchanges across 7 regions: North America (13), Latin America (6), Europe (19), Africa (18), Asia (39), Oceania (4), and International/Cross-Border (7). Includes every major exchange and most minor/regional ones.

CRITICOS v1.0 · Generated from Wikipedia, exchange websites, FIA statistics, and World Federation of Exchanges data.
Continuously updated. Last indexed: August 2026