ICE NY cocoa (CCK25) today is down -338 (-4.14%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK25) is down -288 (-4.54%). Cocoa prices ...

Cocoa production in Ivory Coast in the 2024/25 season is on course to remain around last season's disappointing level after adverse weather and crop conditions continued, the country's agriculture ...

Cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is usually smuggled over Ivory Coast's western border to Guinea and Liberia where traffickers pay above the local farmgate price for the commodity.

Poor harvests in recent years in Ghana and the Ivory Coast have reduced the supply of cocoa, in turn making it more expensive ...

Concern about slowing Ivory Coast cocoa exports is a supportive factor ... Demand concerns are also weighing on cocoa prices. Executives from chocolate makers Hershey and Mondelez recently ...

A sharp fall in output in Ivory Coast, the world's biggest supplier of the chocolate ingredient, and number two producer Ghana in 2023/24 triggered a surge in international prices to record highs ...