<DIV>Cocoa 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. <i>The International Cocoa Trade</i> provides an authoritative and comprehensive review of the cocoa trade at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and the main factors that drive and affect that business. <BR><br> The opening chapter of the third edition examines the history and origins of the international cocoa trade, and its recent developments. Chapter two discusses the agronomics of cocoa production, and chapter three deals with the environmental and practical factors affecting cocoa production. Chapters four, five and six cover some of the issues around the export and physical trading of cocoa, including the actuals market, the physical contracts used and the futures and options markets. Chapter seven reviews the international consumption and stocks of cocoa.  Chapter eight treats the issue of quality assessment of cocoa beans for international trade. Finally, chapter nine focuses on the end product, examining the processing of cocoa beans and the manufacture of chocolate. Updated appendices provide copies of some of the most important documents used in the cocoa trade, including contracts, sale rules and world production statistics. <BR><br> In this third edition of <i>The International Cocoa Trade</i>, Robin Dand reviews the significant changes which have occurred in the market, as well as some of the issues surrounding cocoa trading such as accusations of slavery, shifting trade patterns and the use of pesticides.<i><br> </i></div>