Organizational forms of international trade in raw materials

Abstract

The article provides a classification and some methodological approaches to the analysis of organizational forms of international trade in raw materials. The economic concept of the forms of trade as a mean to conclude a transaction on the raw materials markets is clarified. The author touches upon the issues associated with existing approaches to commodity classification categories – «primary and non- primary goods”. The article contains an analysis of the major trends and modern forms of international trade in some raw materials – agricultural products, mineral products and fuel.