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Trading companies
In a country renowned for its efficient and sophisticated banking practices and commodity services sector, commodity houses in the Geneva area are ever expanding as Geneva has become a magnet for traders across the commodity spectrum.
Geneva in one glance:
Coffee:
- 50% Geneva/Lausanne area
- 10% Zurich
- 5% New York et Singapore
- 10% others |
Sugar:
- 50% Geneva/Lausanne area
- 15% Paris
- 15% America’s (USA + Brazil)
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Oil:
- 35% Geneva/Lausanne area
- 25% London
- 20% New York et Houston
- 5% Others
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Grains, rice, soya:
- 35% Geneva/Lausanne area
- 20% Singapore
- 15% America’s
- 10% Europe
- 20% Others |
Figures in 2010:
- 4000 companies active in the commodity business in the Geneva /Lausanne area
- 8000 employees
- $700 billion revenue
- + 10 à 15% annual growth
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