UID:
edoccha_9960073329402883
Format:
1 online resource (663 p.)
Edition:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
0-08-101470-8
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0-85709-126-3
Content:
'An overview of the history of cocoa, the factors affecting its production and consumption as well as how the trade is conducted, various risks mitigated, and by whom. ...The International Cocoa Trade is a work designed to inform all on the subject of cocoa and an essential guide for those involved in its trade.'Dr J. Vingerhoets, Executive Director, ICCOCocoa is a valuable commodity, and the cocoa trade involves many different parties from growers and exporters through dealers and factories to those trading futures and options and the banks they deal with. The International Coco
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Dedication; The international cocoa trade; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 History and origins of the international cocoa trade; 1.1 The beginning; 1.2 Early production; 1.3 Early consumption; 1.4 Forastero cocoa and cocoa production since 1840; 1.5 Prices; 1.6 Recent times - 1980-2010; 1.7 References; 2 Agronomics of international cocoa production; 2.1 Classification; 2.2 The cocoa tree; 2.3 Climatic requirements; 2.4 Soil; 2.5 Methods of production; 2.6 Cocoa nursery; 2.7 The plantation; 2.8 Nutrients; 2.9 Diseases and pests; 2.10 Harvesting and post-harvest practice
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2.11 References3 Environmental and practical factors affecting cocoa production; 3.1 Evolution of production; 3.2 Factors affecting production; 3.3 Environmental influences; 3.4 Smallholders and estates; 3.5 Setting up; 3.6 Labour; 3.7 Assessing production; 3.8 Going forward; 3.9 References; 4 The physical market in the international cocoa trade; 4.1 Background; 4.2 Physical market - trade associations; 4.3 Export marketing; 4.4 Processing at origin; 4.5 Other participants; 4.6 The recent past; 4.7 References; 5 Physical contracts used in the international cocoa trade; 5.1 Introduction
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5.2 Differences between the FCC and CMAA terms5.3 Contract terms; 5.4 Delivery terms; 5.5 Weight terms; 5.6 Contract forms; 5.7 Price fixation contracts (PFA); 5.8 Cocoa products; 5.9 Contract performance; 5.10 Risk management; 5.11 Disputes; 5.12 References; 6 Futures and options markets in the international cocoa trade; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Differences between the futures and physical markets; 6.3 The two futures exchanges; 6.4 Financing tool and source of cocoa; 6.5 Link between physical and futures markets; 6.6 An example of a simple hedge; 6.7 Organisation of futures markets
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6.8 Deliveries6.9 The board; 6.10 Market participants; 6.11 Liquidity; 6.12 Trading techniques; 6.13 Hedging; 6.14 Arbitrage; 6.15 Exchange for physicals or against actuals and exchange for swaps; 6.16 Cleared over-the-counter (OTC) contracts; 6.17 Options; 6.18 Regulation of markets; 6.19 Market behaviour; 6.20 Conclusion; 6.21 Reference; 7 International consumption and stocks of cocoa; 7.1 The uses of cocoa; 7.2 Measuring consumption; 7.3 Factors affecting consumption; 7.4 Stocks; 7.5 Conclusions; 7.6 References; 8 Quality assessment of cocoa beans for international trade; 8.1 Introduction
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8.2 Faults occurring in cocoa8.3 Fumigation; 8.4 Sampling; 8.5 The cut-test: procedure, fault defi nition and standards; 8.6 Bean count; 8.7 Cut-test standards; 8.8 The limitations of the cut-test and ideas on its replacement; 8.9 Factors important to the butter presser; 8.10 Factors important to the chocolate manufacturer; 8.11 Fine or flavour cocoa; 8.12 Achieving quality cocoa; 8.13 References; 9 Cocoa bean processing and the manufacture of chocolate; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Initial processing; 9.3 Cocoa liquor or mass; 9.4 Methods of cocoa butter and powder production; 9.5 Cocoa butter
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9.6 Cocoa powders
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-85709-125-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-21331-2
Language:
English
