The phrase "a given commodity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific item or product that is being discussed or analyzed in a particular context.
Example: "In this market analysis, we will focus on a given commodity and its price fluctuations over the past year."
Alternatives: "a specific product" or "a particular item".
But the reduction of use-value to exchange-value is only problematic on two conditions: (1) if the use-value and exchange-value of a given commodity diverge; and (2) if the commodification is in itself problematic.
The first condition under which the reduction of use-value to exchange-value is problematic is if the exchange-value of a given commodity diverges from its use-value.
In an effort to stem speculation, regulators are going to start enforcing position limits on traders, restricting the number of contracts that can be held in a given commodity.
The new rule adopted on Tuesday would enforce spot-month position limits, or limits on the contracts closest to expiration, prohibiting traders from acquiring more than 25 percent of the deliverable supply for a given commodity.
The commission's proposal for spot-month position limits, or limits on a contract closest to maturity, would prohibit traders from acquiring more than 25 percent of deliverable supply for a given commodity.
Used since 1979 and applied to the seafood industry since 1997, it focuses on determining which hazards are likely to affect a given commodity or product and then developing "safety assurance programs targeted to the specific steps that must be controlled to safeguard consumers".
It improves incomes at the bottom of the pyramid and makes farm supplies more secure by reducing environmental threats such as water scarcity.Yet although Unilever may be able to buy its own raw materials from sustainable sources, it alone is rarely big enough to make a difference to any given commodity worldwide.
At the center of the debate are rules that would place a cap on how many financial contracts traders can accumulate for any given commodity.
In the long run, the price of any given commodity should revert to the cost of producing an incremental unit of supply.
In "Speculators Get a Break in New Rule" (Fair Game, Sept. 25), Gretchen Morgenson noted how Senator Bill Nelson, Democrat of Florida, was objecting to a Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule proposal regarding how many financial contracts traders can accumulate for any given commodity.
This system is known as the price mechanism and is based on the principle that only by allowing prices to move freely will the supply of any given commodity match demand.
