The International Cocoa Trade

The first comprehensive guide of its kind, The International Cocoa Trade provides an in-depth overview of one the most heavily traded and lucrative commodities on the market, with complete details on: the history and origins of cocoa; agronomics and production; consumption and stocks; physical and terminal markets; trade and contract rules; quality assessment of beans; cocoa bean processing; and the manufacture of chocolate. Contains numerous charts, graphs, and tables, and supported by a complete appendix that covers such vital cocoa contracts as AFCC, CAL, and CMAA.

ROBIN DAND is a member of the Contracts Committee of the Cocoa Association of London Ltd., a reader at the British Library, and a founding member of the Chocolate Society. He currently works at the International Cocoa Organization.