Osaka Dojima Exchange

Osaka Dojima Exchange, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社堂島取引所, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Dōjima Torihikijo, "Dōjima Exchange") (ODEX), formerly known as Osaka Dojima Commodity Exchange (ODEX) until 10 August 2021, is a futures exchange based in Osaka, Japan. It started as the Osaka Grain Exchange in 1952.[1] In 1993 it merged with the Osaka Sugar Exchange and the Kobe Grain Exchange, taking the name Kansai Agricultural Commodities Exchange.[1] The exchange merged with the Kobe Raw Silk Exchange in 1997, becoming the Kansai Commodities Exchange (KEX),[1] and with the Fukuoka Commodities Exchange in 2006.[1] In February 2013 it took over the rice exchange from the Tokyo Grain Exchange and renamed Osaka Dojima Commodity Exchange.[1] For most of its history, this exchange was a membership organization owned by members of the exchange, but it demutualized and became a business corporation (kabushiki gaisha) named Osaka Dojima Commodity Exchange, Inc. on 1 April 2021.[1] In August 2021, the company took its current name, Osaka Dojima Exchange, Inc.

Trading is conducted at six specified session times through the day. Commodities traded are[2]

• Azuki (red beans) — grade 2 produced in Hokkaidō, other grades or origins at a discount
• Coffee index — cash settled average of arabica and robusta on the Tokyo Grain Exchange
• Corn 75 index — cash settled average price of corn at Tokyo Grain Exchange, Fukuoka Futures Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade and soybean meal at Chicago Board of Trade
• Frozen shrimp — frozen raw headless shell-on black tiger prawns for delivery at Osaka or Kobe
• IOM soybeans (possibly GMO)
• Non-GMO soybeans — identity-preserved number 2 yellow soybeans of certain United States states origin, delivered in Japan
• Raw silk — 27 denier 3A produced in Japan, delivered to Kobe or Yokohama
• Raw sugar — from various countries of origin, delivery at various Japanese ports
• Rice
• Precious metals: Gold, silver, and platinum