Cocoa beans for sale, direct from producers
List fermented and dried cocoa beans, nibs or cocoa products, or find cocoa from cooperatives and exporters worldwide. Lots show the type, bean quality, packing and price.
- Main crops
- West Africa: main crop about October–March, mid crop about April–September
- Quality
- Bean count per 100 g, cut test (mouldy, slaty, insect-damaged beans), moisture
- Typical packing
- Jute bags of about 62.5–64 kg
- Benchmarks
- ICE cocoa futures in London (GBP/tonne) and New York (USD/tonne)
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Cocoa by origin
Côte d’Ivoire
Ghana
Ecuador
Nigeria
Cameroon
IndonesiaHow cocoa is traded
- Cocoa pods are opened, and the wet beans are fermented for several days and then dried. Fermentation creates the chocolate flavour, so it matters as much as the origin.
- Quality is checked with a cut test (looking for mouldy, slaty and insect-damaged beans), the bean count (number of beans per 100 g) and moisture.
- In Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire the state regulators control buying and export: only licensed buyers and exporters may handle beans, and prices to farmers are fixed each season.
- Elsewhere, for example in Ecuador, Nigeria, Cameroon and Indonesia, exporters and cooperatives sell more freely. Fine-flavour cocoa from Latin America is often sold at premiums.
Where to check cocoa prices
- ICCO ↗ · Daily ICCO cocoa price and monthly market reports
- ICE Futures ↗ · London and New York cocoa futures contracts
- Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) ↗ · Ghana's farmgate price and buying rules
- Conseil du Café-Cacao ↗ · Côte d'Ivoire's official farmgate price
Prices change every week. Always check the official source before you trade.
From pod to chocolate
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Cocoa guides
All guides →How to buy and export cocoa beans: Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and free markets
How cocoa beans are bought and exported: COCOBOD and the Cocoa Marketing Company in Ghana, the Conseil du Café-Cacao in Côte d'Ivoire, and direct trade in Ecuador, Nigeria and other origins.
Read the guide →Cocoa bean quality: cut test, bean count, Grade I and fine flavour
How cocoa beans are graded: the cut test for mouldy, slaty and insect-damaged beans, bean count per 100 g, moisture, ISO 2451, and what makes fine-flavour cocoa.
Read the guide →How cocoa prices work: London and New York futures, the ICCO daily price and farmgate prices
How cocoa beans are priced: ICE London and New York futures, the ICCO daily price in US dollars per tonne, fixed farmgate prices in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, and premiums for quality.
Read the guide →How to list and buy tea, cocoa, cashews, spices and sesame on Coffee Parchment
Step-by-step: choose the crop, add the quality measures buyers check (grade, bean count, KOR, density, purity), filter lots, post a buyer request and trade directly.
Read the guide →Cocoa news
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