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Condensed Schedule of Investments (Parenthetical)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Collateral amount on open OTC commodity swap contracts	$ 84,400,000
Collateral amount on open commodity futures contracts	$ 414,421,644
Cash Equivalents | Money Market Funds | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio - Institutional Shares
Interest rate	4.73%

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