Functioning of the Terminal Markets for Cocoa
The terminal markets for cocoa in London and New York play a very important role in the development of prices of cocoa for the entire world. London and New York terminal markets have the role of a standard for the paid prices. If the value of cocoa in these two terminal markets increase, the rate paid to cocoa’s producers increase; if prices in these terminal markets decrease, traders react by paying smaller prices to producers. The terminal markets offer an instrument for the market partakers to protect against price risks, when they are long or short in the physical cocoa market.

Côte d'Ivoire and the Forastero cacao

Cocoa and its products (including chocolate) are used worldwide. The Netherlands is the leading cocoa processing country. And the largest cocoa bean-producing country in the world are is Côte d'Ivoire with more than the 37% of the world production.

  

Our responsability is to distribute high quality cocoa beans from well-known farms in Côte d'Ivoire. In cooperation with our producers we offer fair prices to the european market. Our main port is Rotterdam.