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## Units System Used For Different Commodities:

### Base Metals:

Base metals are measured in terms of Kg and Metric Ton or simply Ton.Many of us may be confused but Ton and Metric-Ton both are same.

$1&space;MT&space;=&space;1&space;Ton&space;=&space;1000&space;Kg&space;=&space;2204.6&space;pounds$

Exchanges in India like MCX,ICEX uses Kg as a base unit while American exchanges like COMEX have pounds as a basic unit.

### Crude Oil:

Barrel [BBL] is a unit for measurement of crude oil production.

$1&space;BBL&space;=&space;42&space;gallons&space;=&space;158.99&space;litre$.

Standard BBL is a unit used in united states to measure production of crude oil and other petroleum products.Somewhere oil is also measured in terms of cubic meters [m^3] or in tonnes as per some of the European companies.

### Precious Metals:

Troy-Ounce is the most base unit for Gold and Silver in American markets.

$1&space;TroyOz&space;=&space;31.3014&space;Gram$.

In American markets,basic prices are in troy-ounce while in Indian markets it is in terms of Tola [1o gram].

### Natural Gas:

British Thermal Unit [Btu] is a traditional unit of energy .In natural gas by convention,unit is mmBtu[one million btu].

At defined temperature and pressure,

$mmbtu&space;=&space;28.26&space;m^{3}$.

This information may not be useful for day to day trading activities but can be kept as general information.

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