Excluded Commodity Law and Legal Definition
According to 7 USCS § 1a (13), the term excluded commodity means--
"(i) an interest rate, exchange rate, currency, security, security index, credit risk or measure, debt or equity instrument, index or measure of inflation, or other macroeconomic index or measure;
(ii) any other rate, differential, index, or measure of economic or commercial risk, return, or value that is--
(I) not based in substantial part on the value of a narrow group of commodities not described in clause (i); or
(II) based solely on 1 or more commodities that have no cash market;
(iii) any economic or commercial index based on prices, rates, values, or levels that are not within the control of any party to the relevant contract, agreement, or transaction; or
(iv) an occurrence, extent of an occurrence, or contingency (other than a change in the price, rate, value, or level of a commodity not described in clause (i)) that is--
(I) beyond the control of the parties to the relevant contract, agreement, or transaction; and
(II) associated with a financial, commercial, or economic consequence."
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- Affiliate of a Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity Trading Advisor, Commodity Pool Operator or Introducing Broker
- Agricultural Commodity
- Agricultural Commodity Cooperator
- Agricultural Commodity Producer
- Bulk Agricultural Commodity
- Carry-over of Nonbasic Agricultural Commodity
- Commercial Commodity
- Commodity
- Commodity Account
- Commodity Broker (Bankruptcy)