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Trades that result in the delivery of the commodity i.e. not hedging, speculation or arbitrage. This term is used more in the US. On the LME the term ‘physical` trade is more commonly used.
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In business, actuals (physicals) are commodities that can be purchased and used, rather than goods traded on a futures contract, which are represented by documents. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/JA.HTM