From diesel to copper .. 5 commodities this week attracted the attention of the markets

US billionaire Warren Buffett is still raising its investments in Japan after trading companies there facilitated the ownership of its business for shares of those businesses. At the same time, US President Donald Trump is trying to set up his plans to set up customs duties on Mexico, Canada and China at a time when the country is preparing to import unprecedented quantities of agricultural goods. As for the new elected leadership in Germany, it has an aggravating problem in the lack of electricity and must find a solution. From this point of view, we stand on the most prominent developments in the global basic commodity markets by reviewing 5 graphs of interest to investors at the beginning of the trading week: Diesel shows that diesel markets have resulted in signs of stability after sanctions on the export of Russian repeated products have resulted in the past few years. The demand for diesel in the United States has reached higher levels at lower stock than in 2024 and 2023, but prices in fuel stations and future contract market are cheaper, indicating a greater balance in the market. Despite the continued sanctions on Russian products, the country exports increasing amounts of fuel. Food while Trump is preparing to impose the customs duties on Mexico, Canada and China, the United States is preparing to import more agricultural goods than issued, which, according to the US Department of Agriculture, leads to a record shortage. Since 2023, the country has imported more food than issued each year, in a large transformation of a country that uses the abundance of its nutritional offering as a tool for foreign policy. Japanese markets may be concerned about the fluctuations caused by political changes in the United States of America, can be led by Pavite’s movements, as ‘Berkshire Hathaway’ plans to increase its shares in Japanese trading enterprises, which reached a large part of its gains of fossil fuels and minerals abroad, but spent decades. Despite the high value of the Japanese yen, these businesses maintain their expectations to achieve the current financial year semi -record gain, and some of them increase their exposure to the investment in basic commodities. Buyer with the meeting of mining companies in Toronto to attend one of the largest sector conferences, prominent buyer as a hot topic after Trump targeted it with the following customs duties. Possible fees opened the door for profit opportunities, with the larger gap between prices in the United States of America and the rest of the world. In February, buyer in the US market was distributed with a price bonus of $ 1300 per tonne compared to the cost of sending the metal to the United States of America, which was no more than $ 300 per ton. As a result, some copper dealers are charged with distant places such as Asia. Electricity in Germany has promised the new German leadership to reduce costs by reducing tax and public network fees, but a study indicates that it will be difficult to achieve it. German families still pay higher prices for energy by 31% compared to what they were before the 2022 crisis. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent decline in gas flow by pipelines led to a significant increase in wholesale prices for energy in Europe. Although prices have fallen since then, it is still at high levels. In Germany, taxes and public network fees form most of the costs carried by consumers, which was also an increase.