Carenero Superior cacao beans
Venezuela
Cherry · Tobacco
- Grade
- F1
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Sur del Lago Superior cacao beans
Venezuela
Fruit · Flowers · Woody notes · Dried fruit · Tobacco
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Cacao · Nuts · Tobacco · Red berries
- Grade
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Venezuela
Flowers · Fruit · Chocolate
- Grade
- F2
Deltano cacao mass
Venezuela
Flowers · Fruit · Chocolate
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Venezuela
Cacao · Fruit · Flowers
- Treatment
- Natural
Deodorised Deltano cacao butter
Venezuela
- Treatment
- Deodorised
Natural Deltano cacao powder
Venezuela
Chocolate · Flowers · Fruit
- Fat content
- 10–12%
- pH
- Standard
Natural Guatemalan cacao powder
Guatemala
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CocoaSeptember 2026
$5.92
-$0.03▼ 0.5%month on month▲ 118%over 10 years
Other currencies use the Bank of Russia monthly average rate for each month, not today’s rate. Pre-1998 roubles are redenominated.
World Bank Pink SheetRates: Bank of Russia, monthly meanYuan: US Federal Reserve (H.10)CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-21
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| Month | Cocoa | Rate, USD per $1 |
|---|---|---|
| $5.92 | 1 | |
| $5.95 | 1 | |
| $5.61 | 1 | |
| $4.40 | 1 | |
| $4.16 | 1 | |
| $3.40 | 1 | |
| $3.24 | 1 | |
| $3.59 | 1 | |
| $4.97 | 1 | |
| $5.78 | 1 | |
| $5.61 | 1 | |
| $5.95 | 1 | |
| $7.03 | 1 | |
| $7.60 | 1 | |
| $7.37 | 1 | |
| $8.40 | 1 | |
| $8.99 | 1 | |
| $8.15 | 1 | |
| $8.08 | 1 | |
| $9.86 | 1 | |
| $10.75 | 1 | |
| $10.32 | 1 | |
| $7.89 | 1 | |
| $6.66 | 1 | |
| $6.52 | 1 | |
| $6.88 | 1 | |
| $7.09 | 1 | |
| $8.27 | 1 | |
| $7.54 | 1 | |
| $9.74 | 1 | |
| $7.09 | 1 | |
| $5.56 | 1 | |
| $4.40 | 1 | |
| $4.21 | 1 | |
| $4.03 | 1 | |
| $3.63 | 1 | |
| $3.61 | 1 | |
| $3.46 | 1 | |
| $3.39 | 1 | |
| $3.17 | 1 | |
| $2.96 | 1 | |
| $2.88 | 1 | |
| $2.75 | 1 | |
| $2.65 | 1 | |
| $2.62 | 1 | |
| $2.51 | 1 | |
| $2.41 | 1 | |
| $2.31 | 1 | |
| $2.30 | 1 | |
| $2.32 | 1 | |
| $2.24 | 1 | |
| $2.32 | 1 | |
| $2.37 | 1 | |
| $2.46 | 1 | |
| $2.46 | 1 | |
| $2.55 | 1 | |
| $2.47 | 1 | |
| $2.38 | 1 | |
| $2.39 | 1 | |
| $2.57 | 1 | |
| $2.56 | 1 | |
| $2.48 | 1 | |
| $2.33 | 1 | |
| $2.37 | 1 | |
| $2.41 | 1 | |
| $2.37 | 1 | |
| $2.46 | 1 | |
| $2.41 | 1 | |
| $2.39 | 1 | |
| $2.41 | 1 | |
| $2.36 | 1 | |
| $2.29 | 1 | |
| $2.46 | 1 | |
| $2.35 | 1 | |
| $2.10 | 1 | |
| $2.23 | 1 | |
| $2.32 | 1 | |
| $2.27 | 1 | |
| $2.34 | 1 | |
| $2.72 | 1 | |
| $2.60 | 1 | |
| $2.44 | 1 | |
| $2.52 | 1 | |
| $2.44 | 1 | |
| $2.31 | 1 | |
| $2.19 | 1 | |
| $2.42 | 1 | |
| $2.41 | 1 | |
| $2.32 | 1 | |
| $2.33 | 1 | |
| $2.20 | 1 | |
| $2.26 | 1 | |
| $2.26 | 1 | |
| $2.21 | 1 | |
| $2.19 | 1 | |
| $2.13 | 1 | |
| $2.19 | 1 | |
| $2.17 | 1 | |
| $2.36 | 1 | |
| $2.41 | 1 | |
| $2.66 | 1 | |
| $2.62 | 1 | |
| $2.50 | 1 | |
| $2.12 | 1 | |
| $1.95 | 1 | |
| $1.92 | 1 | |
| $2.13 | 1 | |
| $2.10 | 1 | |
| $2.00 | 1 | |
| $1.99 | 1 | |
| $1.99 | 1 | |
| $2.00 | 1 | |
| $1.98 | 1 | |
| $1.96 | 1 | |
| $2.06 | 1 | |
| $2.03 | 1 | |
| $2.19 | 1 | |
| $2.30 | 1 | |
| $2.48 | 1 | |
| $2.71 | 1 |
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