About Commodities

UBS Commodity Trade Finance involves structured short term lending for the purpose of financing physical commodities such as oil, gas, chemicals, metals, agricultural produce or other exchange traded commodities in sufficient liquid markets. In such transactions, the bank’s lending is secured through the underlying commodities and the respective loan is normally repaid from the commodity’s sale proceeds. Thus, the lender designs or structures the transaction to be self liquidating.

Are you a specialized commodity trading company. Do you act between producers, processors such as refineries, smelters, crushing facilities or other traders. Do you use the services of other companies for transportation, storage, inspection and for your financial needs. Through our commodity trade finance units in Geneva and Lugano, you can profit from the global network and expertise of a leading international financial firm such as UBS.