Coffee is not one interchangeable physical product. Arabica and Robusta have different reference markets, while every physical lot still needs species, origin, process, grade, quality, Incoterm, destination and delivery window.
This release uses the current ICE Coffee C contract specification and ICO statistical rules. It does not turn an exchange reference into a delivered physical price or infer a current production total from restricted statistics.
ICE identifies Coffee C as the Arabica benchmark and specifies exchange-grade green beans, delivery points, contract size and quality rules. A screen value is therefore a reference-market anchor. A physical offer remains a separate instrument defined by origin, quality, differential, logistics and delivery terms.
Arabica and Robusta should not be merged, and washed, natural, honey or wet-hulled processing changes comparison. A procurement record should retain species, origin, crop period, screen size, defects, moisture, cup or sensory requirements, certification where relevant and the applicable grading system.
Atlas compares like with like only when quantity, bag or bulk basis, currency, origin, species, process, grade, quality tolerances, Incoterm, destination, loading or delivery window and evidence vintage are present. Missing basis or freight evidence stays missing rather than becoming an invented delivered price.
No. ICE Coffee C is an Arabica reference contract with defined deliverable origins and exchange quality rules. A delivered physical price additionally needs the lot's origin, grade, differential, Incoterm, destination, logistics and delivery window.
The current ICE specification states 37,500 pounds per contract.
No. They are separate species with different market references and physical attributes. Product form, process and grade must also remain explicit.
Species, origin, crop period, process, grade, quality limits, quantity, packaging, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.