The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that it will be administering a cocoa graders test in the Spring of 2007. Candidates must have a minimum of three years experience in the cocoa industry to qualify for the written and practical grading test.
The grading test will be conducted at NYBOT’s 39 Broadway location, in New York, N.Y. Candidates interested in receiving an application package need to submit a request to Marie Stendardo via fax at 212-785-3955 or email at mstendardo@nybot.com by March 1, 2007.
NYBOT’s Cocoa Graders are world-renowned for their expertise in being able to determine the quality of cocoa delivered under the terms of the NYBOT contract. Cocoa futures and options contracts (symbol CC) are traded at NYBOT from 8:00 am until 11:50 am (NY Time), and call for 10 metric tons (22,046 pounds) of exchange-certified cocoa.
The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is New York’s original futures exchange, where the world trades food, fiber and financial products. For well over a century, the New York Board of Trade has provided reliability, integrity and security in a global marketplace for cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice, wood pulp and sugar, as well as currency and index futures and options. Information about the New York Board of Trade can be found at www.nybot.com and www.nybotlive.com. To learn more about New York Board of Trade Futures & Options for Kids, the Exchange’s non-profit group, please go to www.futuresandoptionsforkids.org.
