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The domestic futures market in China operated stably in 2022, with its trading volume of commodity futures and options accounting for 72.3% of the global total, according to the report-Overview of the Development of Futures Market in 2022, released by China Futures Association (CFA). In the same year, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) registered a trading volume of 2.275 billion lots and a turnover of RMB 123.73 trillion (about USD 17.8 trillion), representing 33.62% and 23.13% of the national total, respectively.
The data on global trading volume showed that DCE ranked 9th in terms of futures and options trading volume among exchanges worldwide in 2022.
In the rankings of the trading volume of agricultural, metal and energy products worldwide in 2022, China achieved remarkable results in agricultural products, sweeping the top 10 places. Moreover, 16 of the top 20 agricultural products were from China, including soybean meal futures and options, RBD palm olein futures, soybean oil futures, corn futures and options, corn starch futures, and No. 1 soybean futures of DCE. With regard to metals, China had nine products listed in the top 10 rankings and occupied 14 places in the top 20, including the iron ore futures and options of DCE. As for energy, five domestic products were included in the top 20, one of which was the LPG futures of DCE.
For the whole year of 2022, a total of 16 new futures and options products were listed in China’s futures market, including the options of No. 1 soybean, No. 2 soybean, and soybean oil listed by DCE.
By the end of 2022, a total of 110 futures and options products have been listed in China, 93 of which are commodities while the rest of 17 are financial products. Specifically, 21 futures and 11 options have been listed on DCE.
