World Trade in Commodities: Search for Stability 
1/1/1978 10:06:14 PM 
Unique ID UN7542155 
World Trade in Commodities: Search for Stability 
5/1/1979 10:27:41 AM 
Unique ID UN7714778 
World Trade in Commodities: Search for Stability 
5/1/1979 10:27:41 AM 
Unique ID UN7714777 
Headline World Trade in Commodities: Search for Stability 
Caption Description Many developing countries earn practically all their income from the trade of such commodities as cocoa, coffee, sugar, tea, cotton, jute, hard fibers, rubber, copper, and tin. They are consequently very vulnerable to trade fluctuations. The United Nations believes that international buffer stocks or reserve supplies of those ten commodities would help stabilize their prices. Negotiations are under way to establish a Common Fund from which to finance such reserves.
Coffee beans being picked on a coffee plantation in Colombia. Colombia is the second largest coffee exporter in the world.  This commodity accounts for 40% of the country's exports. [No exact date] 
Unique Identifier UN7542794 
NICA ID 314712 
Production Date 01/01/1979 9:53:50 PM 
Country Colombia
Credit UN Photo/Jerry Frank