CA-5.6.1
This Section sets out the minimum capital requirements to cover the risk of holding or taking positions in commodities, including precious metals, but excluding gold and silver (which is treated as a foreign currency according to the methodology explained in section CA-5.5) as well as the inventory risk which results from a bank holding assets with a view to reselling or leasing them. A commodity is defined as a physical product which is and can be traded on a secondary market — for example, agricultural products, minerals (including oil) and precious metals. Inventory risk is defined as arising from holding items in inventory either for resale under a Murabahah contract, or with a view to leasing under an Ijara contract. In the case of inventory risk, the simplified approach described in Paragraph CA-5.6.13 is applied.