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The Bolsa Mercantil de Colombia (BMC) facilitates the trading of a diverse range of assets, primarily focusing on commodities and related financial instruments. These include:
Commodities:
* Agricultural, livestock, and fisheries products: This includes goods with or without primary industrial processing.
* Mining and energy commodities: Such as hydrocarbons and their derivatives.
* Environmental commodities: Like emission rights reference units and climate commodities.
Other Assets and Instruments:
* Standardized goods and services for public entities: These are goods and services with uniform technical characteristics and common use for government entities.
* Securities, bonds, rights, derivatives, and contracts with underlying assets.
* Invoices (Factoring): The BMC manages a platform for the registration and trading of invoices, providing a non-bank financing mechanism.
* Repos (Repurchase Agreements) on Merchandise Deposit Certificates (CDMs): These are short-term financing instruments backed by deposited goods.
* Irrevocable Payment Orders (OIGs): These are another form of non-bank financing.
The BMC operates various markets to facilitate these trades, including:
* Public Procurement Market (MCP): For state entities to acquire goods, services, and commodities.
* Private-to-Private Trading Market (MERCOP): Where private companies can buy and sell products and services.
* Energy Markets: For trading energy-related commodities.
It’s worth noting that the BMC also provides services such as settlement and clearing of operations, data management, and program management, contributing to the efficiency and transparency of the markets it operates.

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