Ivory Coast

Unseasonable Rains In Ivory Coast Lift Cocoa Outlook, Farmers Say

Unseasonable rains in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions last week are expected to boost both the main crop and the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers s...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Output Seen Lower As Swollen Shoot Disease Spreads

Ivory Coast's cocoa production for the 2023/24 season is expected at 1.75 million metric tonnes compared with a previous forecast in September of 1.8 milli...

Cocoa Price Surge Boosts Incomes Of Cameroon's Farmers

A sharp rise in the price paid for cocoa beans has boosted the incomes of farmers in Cameroon as top global producers Ivory Coast and Ghana suffer a supply...

Ivory Coast Halts Sales Of 2024/25 Cocoa Contracts, Citing Supply Squeeze

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator, the Cocoa-Coffee Council (CCC), has halted sales of cocoa export contracts for the 2024/25 season due to concerns about low...

Ghana 2023/24 Cocoa Arrivals Down 51% In 'Worst Ever' Season

Ghana's graded and sealed cocoa arrivals have dropped around 51% in the 2023/24 season from a year earlier, official figures showed.

ICCO Trims Estimate For 2022/23 Global Cocoa Deficit

The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) estimated a global cocoa deficit of 99,000 metric tonnes in the 2022/23 season, narrower than a previous foreca...

Ghana Borrows Up To $200m From Cocoa Traders To Plug Funding Gap

Ghana's Cocobod has borrowed between $150 million and $200 million from cocoa traders to finance bean purchases since the 2023/24 season opened,...

More Rain Needed To Boost Ivory Coast Cocoa Main Crop, Farmers Say

More rain is needed in Ivory Coast's main cocoa-growing regions this month to boost growth of the October-to-March main crop before the onset of the dry se...