Rains were scarce in most of top grower Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions last week and more are needed to boost the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.
IVORY COAST expects to record one of the worst mid-crop cocoa harvests of the last 15 years this season with production seen no higher than 300,000 metric tons (MT) compared with a yearly average of ...
Traffickers in Guinea have been paying between 4,000 CFA and 5,000 CFA per kilogram of cocoa beans, well above Ivory Coast's farm gate price of 1,800 CFA, due to the rise in world cocoa prices.
Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest cocoa grower, dismissed two military officials and other local government personnel amid continuing efforts to curb smuggling of the crop. Security operations ...
ABIDJAN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut and Singapore-based food group Olam have been buying fewer cocoa beans from Ivory Coast since mid-December after a rise in port prices ...
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(Bloomberg) -- Cocoa futures in New York erased earlier gains Monday as traders monitor Ivory Coast bean deliveries for clues on this season’s supply outlook. The most-active contract reversed course ...