softs

Tropical soft commodity from West Africa — volatile supply driven by weather, disease and smallholder farming.

New York cocoa futures — dollar-denominated global pricing reference for chocolate industry hedging.

World's most traded soft commodity after oil — Brazilian frost, Colombian rains and global cafe culture.

Fibre crop linking agriculture to fashion — sensitive to monsoons, Texas weather and Chinese textile demand.

ICE Cotton No.2 — benchmark contract for the global textile supply chain from farm to fabric.

Florida and Brazil citrus harvest in a contract — freeze events, greening disease and breakfast demand.

World's oldest traded commodity — Brazilian ethanol competition, Indian monsoons and global sweet demand.