Karachi, Pakistan
Abbreviation
PMEX
Location
Karachi, Pakistan
Region
Asia
Product Types
Precious Metals, Energy, Agricultural, Currencies, Interest Rate
The Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX) is Pakistan's first and only multi-commodity futures exchange, established in 2007 in Karachi and regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). PMEX offers futures contracts across precious metals (gold, silver), energy (crude oil, natural gas), agricultural commodities, equity index futures, and currency derivatives including gold in Pakistani rupees. The exchange is owned by the National Bank of Pakistan, Karachi Stock Exchange, Islamabad Stock Exchange, and Lahore Stock Exchange.
The Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME), established in 2007 through the merger of the Tehran Metal Exchange and the Agricultural Commodity Exchange of Iran, is Iran's primary regulated commodity exchange. IME trades physical and derivatives contracts for industrial and mineral products (steel, copper, aluminium, zinc, iron ore), oil by-products and petrochemicals, and agricultural commodities. Supervised by Iran's Securities and Exchange Organisation (SEO), IME serves as a key price-discovery mechanism for Iran's large mineral and manufacturing sectors.
The Chittagong Tea Auction is one of the major tea auction centres in South Asia, located in Chittagong (Chattogram), Bangladesh. Operated by the Bangladesh Tea Board, the auction facilitates the weekly sale of CTC and orthodox teas grown in the Sylhet and Chittagong Hill Tracts tea gardens. Bangladesh is a significant tea producer, and the Chittagong auction provides benchmark pricing for Bangladeshi teas sold to domestic packers and export buyers, competing with the Kolkata and Colombo tea auction systems.
The İzmir Commodity Exchange (İzmir Ticaret Borsası, İTB) is one of Turkey's oldest and most important commodity exchanges, established in 1891. Located in İzmir on the Aegean coast, the exchange is the primary trading venue for key Turkish agricultural exports including cotton, dried figs, dried apricots, raisins, and olive oil. İTB plays a central role in setting benchmark prices for Turkish agricultural produce, serving as a price-discovery centre for domestic and export markets.
The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) is India's leading agricultural commodity derivatives exchange, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Mumbai. Owned by NSE (National Stock Exchange), NABARD, and LIC among others, and regulated by SEBI, NCDEX is the primary price-discovery venue for Indian agricultural commodities including guar seed, soybean, mustard seed, castor seed, wheat, turmeric, jeera (cumin), and chana (chickpeas). The exchange plays a key role in supporting India's farmer hedging ecosystem and agri-value chain risk management.