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World Cocoa conference to raise key industry issues
Key industry decision makers from around the world are to gather in Berlin in April to discuss the most important industry issues in cocoa and chocolate at the biennial World Cocoa Conference.
World cocoa surplus forecast lifted
The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) has released its revised forecasts for the current 2016/2017 cocoa year, predicting a larger than previously expected global cocoa surplus.
Global cocoa bean stocks in decline
World cocoa bean stocks fell to 1.48m tonnes during the 2015/2016 season, according to the latest figures.
Cocoa sustainability fund study published
The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) has published its study on the establishment of a cocoa sustainability fund, which looks at options to source additional funding to support cocoa farmers.
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Cocoa bean stocks reviewed
The ICCO Expert Working Group on Stocks (EWGS) has reviewed the level of world cocoa bean stocks.
London cocoa flavour panel
International Cocoa Organization’s Ad hoc Panel on Fine or Flavour Cocoa is set to convene.
ICCO cocoa bulletin
The International Cocoa Organisation has released its revised forecasts for the current 2013/2014 cocoa year and revised estimates of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for 2012/2013.
Cocoa resources reviewed
The world’s largest cocoa producing countries should marshal their resources with a view to avoiding oversupply in the future and helping ensure equitable prices, ICCO executive director Dr Jean-Marc Anga told attendees at the opening of the 91st session of the International Cocoa Council in Abidjan in late March. The meetings, hosted by the Government […]
ICCO cocoa forecasts
The International Cocoa Organization has released its first forecasts for the 2014/2015 cocoa year and revised estimates of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for 2013/2014. The data published in Issue No. 1 – Volume XLI – Cocoa year 2014/2015 of the Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics, reflect the most recent information available […]
World Cocoa Conference 2016
A delegation from the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), led by the executive director Dr Jean-Marc Anga, is to visit the Dominican Republic this week in order to begin preparations for the world’s largest cocoa gathering, scheduled for Bávaro, Punta Cana in March 2016. The Dominican Republic was selected as an ideal venue of the third […]
World cocoa stocks
The ICCO Expert Working Group on Stocks (EWGS) met last week to review the level of world cocoa bean stocks. The EWGS is composed of experts in the cocoa field who meet once a year, at the invitation of the ICCO, to review and analyse the results of the ICCO’s annual survey of cocoa stocks […]
Sustainable sourcing
Ghana is benefitting from the efforts being made across the cocoa supply chain to promote ethics and sustainability. Jonathan Dyson reports.
Ivory coast cocoa plant
Puratos, a global leader in bakery, patisserie and chocolate products, has inaugurated a cocoa collection and fermentation plant in San Pedro province in Ivory Coast. Created in partnership with the French chocolate maker, Cémoi, this confirms Puratos’ strong commitment to long-term sustainability of Ivorian cocoa. The official opening ceremony of the cocoa collection and fermentation plant (CCFP), took place on the […]
Boost to African cocoa sector
Sealing a wide-ranging international programme of collaboration, the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Cairo, Egypt, where the bank is based. The MOU aims to boost the development of the cocoa sector in Africa, foster the long-term competitiveness of smallholder cocoa farmers and […]