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News
The Sixth International Cocoa Agreement was signed the first week of March, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland. The signing of this new agreement, which will replace the 1993 agreement, brought together negotiators representing the main cocoa importing and exporting countries, as well as international organizations and the main players in the cocoa industry. The new agreement shall enter into force definitely on 1 October 2003.
Documents on the Cocoa Conference and the International Cocoa Agreement may be found here.
UNCTAD is preparing a CD Rom on cocoa market structures, which among other subjects, analyses the situation of the cocoa economy in the main producing countries.
Site Map
| Characteristics |
Origin and history |
| Crop |
Harvest |
| Quality |
Types of cocoa |
| Uses |
Cocoa beans |
| Market |
Production |
| Marketing chain | Marketing Boards Caisse d'Stabilisation Free-Market Systems |
| Companies |
Cocoa processors |
| Technology |
Processing |
| Prices |
Prices and production |
| Economic Policies |
International Cocoa Agreement |
Selected sources of information
Publications:
Cocoa: a guide to trade practices, International Trade Center, 2001.
Cocoa: a trader's guide, International Trade Center, 1987.
Quaterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics, International Cocoa Organization.
Prospects for the world cocoa market until the year 2005, United Nations Conferene on Trade and Development, 1991.
Statistics:
The Commodity Price Bulletin is a monthly publication by UNCTAD which contains monthly average of cocoa average daily prices , N.Y./London , 3 months futures.
Partners
Links
International Cocoa Organization (ICCO),
The Federation of Cocoa Commerce (FCC),
The Cocoa Producers' Alliance (COPAL),
Asociación Nacional de Exportadores de Cacao - National Association of Exporters of Cocoa (ANECACAO) - (site in Spanish, English and French),
Child Labor Monitary System (site available in French and English),
Bourse du Café et du Cacao - Côte d'Ivoire (BCC),
Programme d’Information sur les Marchés de Commercialisation du Café et du Cacao (PRIMAC),
Fonds Cacao Association,
Asosiasi Kakao Indonesia - Indonesia Cocoa Association (ASKINDO),
Commissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPLAC) - Brazil,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE),
New York Board of Trade (NYBOT).
This profile was last updated: February 14, 2007
The Web pages were checked on February 14, 2007
