Benefits of CMAA Membership

The Cocoa Merchants’ Association of America, Inc. (CMAA) was started in 1924 as the main cocoa trade association. The founding members were importers and end users of cocoa beans in the USA. Our member companies now represent all stakeholders in the cocoa supply chain from shippers and growers to the branded chocolate manufacturers and everyone in between, including banks, warehousemen, steamship carriers, and so forth on an international level.

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CMAA provides its members with the following services

  • Publications and regular updating of standard sales contracts

  • Administration of the Warehouse Inspection Program with monthly inspections

  • Weekly publication of spot prices for cocoa beans and cocoa products

  • Arbitration facilities to settle disputes arising out of contractual obligations

  • Representation of the importing trades' interest vis-a-vis the Federal Government

  • Maintenance of contacts with similar trade organizations in the U.S. and abroad

  • Information gathering and exchange center for important developments

  • Facilitate food safety through education

  • Organization of educational and social gatherings

Cocoa Bean

CMAA Weekly Spot Prices
& Historical Data

CMAA oversees the administration of a weekly review among the Association’s Regular and Associate Trade members, who actively trade cocoa beans and/or cocoa products. Quotes will be in differential terms for cocoa beans, ratio terms for cocoa butter and in outright terms in U.S. Dollars for cocoa cake with each being priced on a two month forward basis. All pricing is to be expressed basis the second month terminal position on ICE Futures U.S., Inc. (ICE).

This information is available to CMAA members only upon request.