Annual cycle by region
Each row tracks one production region across the calendar year. Amber bars mark critical weather-sensitive windows where yield outcomes are determined.
Why these windows matter
Cocoa Butter yields are determined disproportionately during a small number of weather-sensitive windows. Production patterns reflect a mix of climatic and agronomic factors specific to each region. Buyers who track these windows can position contracts ahead of price moves driven by yield uncertainty.
The calendar above is structural, not predictive — it shows where and when cocoa butter grows under normal conditions. Weather anomalies (El Niño, La Niña, regional droughts) shift these windows by weeks and compound across regions. Atlas Tradex tracks these anomalies in its supply-risk data and surfaces them on the cocoa butter risk surface.
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