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Ivory Coast Sells 2024-25 Cocoa Export Contracts Despite Price Pushback

Ivory Coast has sold at least 300,000 tonnes of cocoa in export contracts for the 2024/25 season despite pressure from multinational companies to lower pri...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Regulator Scraps Stockpile Exemption For Bean Grinders

Ivory Coast cocoa sector regulator will not allow bean grinders to accumulate stocks beyond authorised limits during the main October to March harvest to e...

Ivory Coast In Fresh Stand-Off With Cocoa Buyers Over Premium

Ivory Coast is struggling to sell cocoa export contracts for the 2024/25 season with multinational companies demanding it lower prices, which are...

Buyer’s Brief: A Complex Interplay In The Sugar Market

Nick Peksa explores how global climactic conditions and energy costs are influencing the sugar sector.

Tackling The Commodity Challenges With EUDR On the Way

In June, the European Union passed new legislation ensuring that all cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soya and wood sourced and used by the bloc is...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Arrivals Seen Down 28.5% In The First Three Months Of Season

Cocoa volumes arriving at Ivory Coast ports are expected to drop 28.5% year-on-year in the first three months of the 2023/2024 season due to erratic weathe...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Sector Predicts More Smuggling As Farmgate Price Disappoints

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers and exporters believe the lower-than-expected price the world's top exporter fixed for their beans this season could fuel smuggli...

Ivory Coast Deforestation Rate Rises As EU Green Imports Law Looms

Deforestation in top cocoa producer Ivory Coast increased last year after declining for several years, a major report has found, raising questions about ho...