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Ghana's Cocoa Farmers Expect Yield Rebound In 2024/2025 Crop Season

Ghanaian cocoa farmers expect a boost in the 2024/2025 season starting in October after a sharp fall in production this season contributed to boosting glob...

Ghana Cocoa Output Is Half Of Average With Harvest Almost Complete

Ghana cocoa production reached 429,323 metric tonnes – or less than 55% of the average seasonal output – as harvesting neared completion at the...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Regulator Suspends Bean Purchases In June, Sources Say

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator has suspended purchase and export of cocoa beans for the month of June, sources said.

Ghana To Delay More Cocoa Deliveries As Supply Crisis Worsens

The world's second largest cocoa producer Ghana is looking to delay delivery of up to 350,000 tonnes of beans to next season due to poor crops, five source...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Regulator Scraps Grading Discount For Deferred Contracts

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator has told exporters that a discount for the grading of beans from the mid-crop will not be offered for deferred contracts, acc...

Ghana's Cocobod To Borrow Up To $1.5bn For Cocoa Purchases, Sources Say

Ghana's cocoa regulator will borrow up to $1.5 billion by September to finance 2024/25 cocoa purchases and compensate for low output, two Cocobod sources s...

Ivory Coast, Ghana Unable To Deliver Up To 500,000 Tonnes Of Pre-Sold Cocoa Beans

Top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana do not have beans available to fulfil deliveries of up to half a million tonnes pre-sold at about a quarter of cu...

Surge In Cocoa Prices Prompts Ecuador To Boost Output

Ecuador's annual cocoa production is on course to hit 500,000 metric tonnes in the next two years, potentially overtaking Ghana as the world's second-large...