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The World Bank monitors major commodity markets important to the developing countries. Monthly prices for over 70 series are published at the beginning of each month. Price forecasts for the next 10 years are published on a quarterly basis. A comprehensive review of commodity markets is published four times a year, January, April, July, and October. The Pink Sheet for each month contains the prices from the previous month. The commodity price indices were rebased to 2010 = 100 in December 2013. Abbreviations: $ = US dollar, bbl = barrel, cum = cubic meter, dmt = dry metric ton, kg = kilogram, mmbtu = million British thermal units, mt = metric ton, toz = troy oz.