IntercontinentalExchange states that the ICE Futures U.S. Cocoa contract "is the benchmark for world cocoa prices."[4]
References
^Canalizo, Eugene A. (May 1931). "New York Cocoa Exchange". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 155. Sage Publications, Inc.: 140–145. doi:10.1177/000271623115500117. JSTOR1018015.