Woodhead Publishing The International Cocoa Trade

Now in its third edition, this book is widely regarded as the standard reference on the cocoa trade. It provides an authoritative overview of the factors affecting cocoa production and consumption as well as how the trade is conducted and its various risks mitigated. Chapters cover such topics as factors affecting cocoa production and processing, the actuals, futures and options markets, measuring consumption and stocks, contracts and quality assessment. There are extensive appendices covering such topics as standard contractual terms. The new edition has been extensively revised and expanded, maintaining its position as an essential guide for those involved in its trade. Key Features: provides an authoritative and comprehensive review of the cocoa trade at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and the main factors that drive and affect that business; examines the history and origins of the international cocoa trade, and its recent developments featuring a discussion of environmental and practical factors affecting cocoa production; explores issues concerning the export and trading of physical cocoa, including the actuals market, the physical contracts used and the futures and options markets. Contents: History and origins of the international cocoa trade; Agronomics of international cocoa production; Environmental and other factors affecting cocoa production; The physicals market in the international cocoa trade; Physical contracts used in the international cocoa trade; Futures and options markets in the international cocoa trade; International consumption and stocks of cocoa; Quality assessment of cocoa beans for international trade; Cocoa bean processing and the manufacture of chocolate. Appendices.