Global Board of Trade (GBOT) is seeking to build new products and asset categories targeting Asia, Business Daily Africa reports. The Mauritian commodity exchange will offer exposure to commodity dealers and investors in the eastern and southern Africa to the emerging markets of Asia and Middle East.

The exchange offers a platform for tying up future sale contracts for exporters and importers, guaranteeing prices several months before production or actual delivery. The exchange recently signed an agreement with South Africa’s Investment and Trade Promotion Agency Wesgro.

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