Iran Mercantile Exchange
The Iran Mercantile Exchange is a commodities exchange located in Tehran, Iran. Established on 20 September 2007 from the merger of the Tehran Metal Exchange and the Iran Agricultural Exchange, IME trades in agricultural, metal and mineral, oil and petrochemical products in the spot market and gold coin in the futures market.
Commodities
IME facilitates the trading of commodities and products through its markets.IME's Listed Commodities on Different Trading Floors
| Main Group | Sub-Group | Commodities |
| Physical Market | Industrial & Mineral | Steel, Copper, Iron Ore, Aluminum, Zinc and rare metals concentrate, Gold bar |
| Physical Market | Agricultural Products | Barley, Wheat, Maize, Sugar, Crude Vegetable Oil, Frozen Chicken, and Meals, Saffron, Cumin Seed, Pistachios |
| Physical Market | Petrochemical Products | PP, PE, LDPE, aromatics, SBR feed stocks, MS, PS |
| Physical Market | Oil Products | Lube Cut, Insulation, Oil, Bitumen, Vacuum Bottom, Lube Cut, Slap Wax |
| Side Market | Side Market | Various Products with Non-Continuous Offering: Steel, Scraps, Polymers, Zinc, Chemicals, Minerals, Feeds, Copper, Sulfate, Lime |
| Derivatives Market | Futures Contracts | Saffron, Cumin Seed, Pistachios |
| Derivatives Market | Options Contracts | Gold Coins |
| Financial Market | Standard Parallel SALAM Contracts | Cement, Steel, Iron Ore, Ethylene, Concentrate, Wheat, Frozen Chicken, PVC |
| Financial Market | Certificates of Deposit | Gold Coins, Maize, Barley, Pistachios, Saffron |
| Financial Market | Investment Funds | Gold Coins. See also: [Bahar Azadi Coin|Iranian gold coin] |
Products
Industrial
Petrochemicals & Oil by-products
Agricultural
- Grains Group: various kinds of corn, grain, wheat, rice, bran
- Dried and Trans Products: various kinds of pistachio, date, raisins, saffron, cumin, tea, sugar
- Oil Meals and Seeds Group: various kinds of oily seeds like soybean and oil cake seeds like soybean, colza, cotton seed, sunshade, Safflower cake, corn, palm
- Cereals Group: pea, lentil
- Frozen Chicken
New products
In 2016, IME introduced gold futures and options.Supervision and regulation
The Securities and Exchange Organization is the sole regulatory entity for the regulation and development of the capital market in Iran. In 2013, Iran Mercantile Exchange joined the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges as an observer member.Tradable contracts
- Spot contract
- Forward contract
- Contract on Credit
- Futures contract
- Options contract