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Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX®) announced yesterday that trading volume for 2007 more than doubled that of the volume recorded in 2006. CCX traded 22,937,500 tons of carbon dioxide in 2007 versus 10,272,400 tons in 2006 and 1,446,800 in 2005. Trading occurred in all vintages from 2003 through 2010. (See December 31st, 2007 CCX Market Summary below).
Additionally, Chicago Climate Future Exchange® (CCFE™), a CFTC regulated Designated Contract Market, launched CFI™ Futures in August 2007 and traded 3,566,000 tons of carbon dioxide in 2007. In December 2007, CFI Futures experienced records for both volume (1,125,000 tons) and open interest (1,975 contracts). Together, CCX and CCFE traded a total of 26,503,500 tons of carbon dioxide in 2007.
Market Summary – Annual ComparisonCCX Carbon Financial Instrument® (CFI™) contracts
| Vintage | 2007 Volume (mt tons) | 2006 Volume (mt tons) | 2005 Volume (mt tons) |
| 2003 | 2,569,200 | 824,500 | 353,500 |
| 2004 | 3,132,900 | 804,400 | 266,900 |
| 2005 | 3,744,100 | 976,600 | 484,600 |
| 2006 | 4,605,200 | 1,326,700 | 341,800 |
| 2007 | 4,468,400 | 1,521,000 | |
| 2008 | 1,394,000 | 1,521,100 | |
| 2009 | 1,473,800 | 1,591,200 | |
| 2010 | 1,549,900 | 1,706,900 | |
| 22,937,500 | 10,272,400 | 1,446,800 | |
| Volume Units: metric tons CO2 | |||
