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Barry Callebaut

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders suffer at hands of chocolate manufacturers

The increase in the price of cocoa and dribs-and-drabs contracts mean exporters and traders are struggling to reel in orders.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 02.06.2025

Ivory Coast
Barry Callebaut back on the cocoa offensive in Abidjan

After a break of several months, Barry Callebaut is making up for lost time on the Ivory Coast cocoa bean market. At the end of April, the Belgian-Swiss cocoa giant was already hot on the heels of its competitor Olam.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 01.05.2025

Ivory Coast
Ivorian-Lebanese firm S3C to build cocoa bean grinding plant with France's Touton

The Coffee & Cocoa Marketing Company and Touton are discussing the joint construction of a bean grinding plant in Ivory Coast, with a scalable capacity of over 50,000 tonnes.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 04.04.2025

Ivory Coast
International traders still awaiting compensation from Conseil Café-Cacao

The industry watchdog owes compensation to several international giants of the cocoa industry.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 24.03.2025

Spotlight | Madagascar
Antananarivo prepares to cut number of vanilla exporters

Madagascar's trade minister wants to radically reduce the number of vanilla exporters in a bid to rationalise the key sector. The potential move is troubling the industry, particularly US clients, who buy 70% of the country's vanilla.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 26.02.2025

Vanilla beans drying in Bemalamatra, north Madagascar, in 2016.

Ivory Coast
Ivorian traders clash with cocoa giants Barry Callebaut and Olam

Several members of the Groupement des Négociants Ivoiriens are refusing to sell the volumes of beans contracted with the Belgian-Swiss and Singaporean groups unless the latter pay them more than the regulated price. This practice is prohibited by law.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 26.02.2025

Yves Brahima Koné, Conseil Café-Cacao's general manager, in Abidjan, 2 April 2024.

Ghana
Why IFC is supporting cocoa trade via local bank

The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private investment arm helmed in Africa by the Franco-Portuguese Sérgio Pimenta, is due on 17 February to consider a $40m loan to Societe Generale Ghana, a 57%-owned subsidiary of the French bank Société Générale.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.01.2025

Ivory Coast
Cargill and key global operators increase cocoa dominance

Against a backdrop of soaring prices, the cocoa sector's giants have managed to claim the majority of production volumes since the start of the season. With a few exceptions, including Ecookim, Kineden and Africa Sourcing, Ivorian traders are struggling.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 14.01.2025

A Cargill Cocoa factory in Yopougon, Abidjan, 17 July 2023.

Ghana
Cocoa sector on tenterhooks after John Dramani Mahama's election victory

The president and his National Democratic Congress party will shortly have to appoint a new management team at Cocobod, the cocoa sector's regulatory body. So far, they have been vague about their plans for this key economic sector, which is in the grip of a serious crisis.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 24.12.2024

John Dramani Mahama casts his ballot at a polling station in Bole in north-western Ghana on 7 December 2024.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara abolishes tax exemptions for multinational cocoa manufacturers operating locally

Multinationals that own cocoa bean processing plants in Ivory Coast will no longer benefit from a tax exemption on the droit unique de sortie (DUS, single exit tax), the main state tax on exports.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 02.12.2024

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

The Conseil Café Cacao has granted Ivorian operators more time to fulfil their purchasing contracts.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.08.2024

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders fall foul of Alassane Ouattrara's emergency export ban

By opting to prioritise the needs of the grinding plants of the large international groups, the Ivorian president has caused problems for local traders who no longer have the right to export unprocessed beans.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 12.06.2024

Angola
Mota-Engil to begin farming cocoa in Cabinda

Mamaland, a subsidiary of Portuguese construction giant Mota-Engil, is ramping up its efforts to farm "brown gold" in the enclave, as the world's two main exporters, Ghana and Ivory Coast, have had weak harvests.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 01.04.2024

Ivory Coast
Cargill loses its cocoa pole position

The American trading giant is now only the third-largest exporter of beans from Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 14.03.2024

Ivory Coast
Cargill and Barry Callebaut cocoa plants may grind to halt

Most of the major traders had anticipated a production drop of between 20% and 25%. However, almost 50% of the volumes sold by the Conseil Café-Cacao will not materialise before the end of the 2023-2024 harvest.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 02.02.2024

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa exporters are short of beans

Ivorian cocoa exporters like Africa Sourcing, Kineden and Ecookim have been unable to match the terms offered by the big international groups, who have tripled planters' bonuses. They have managed to execute only 40% of the contracts they signed for the 2023-2024 season.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 12.12.2023

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Barry Callebaut

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders suffer at hands of chocolate manufacturers

Ivory Coast
Barry Callebaut back on the cocoa offensive in Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Ivorian-Lebanese firm S3C to build cocoa bean grinding plant with France's Touton

Ivory Coast
International traders still awaiting compensation from Conseil Café-Cacao

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Ivorian traders clash with cocoa giants Barry Callebaut and Olam

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Cargill and key global operators increase cocoa dominance

Ghana
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Ivory Coast
Ouattara abolishes tax exemptions for multinational cocoa manufacturers operating locally

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders fall foul of Alassane Ouattrara's emergency export ban

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Ivory Coast
Cargill loses its cocoa pole position

Ivory Coast
Cargill and Barry Callebaut cocoa plants may grind to halt

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa exporters are short of beans

Ivory Coast
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Ivory Coast
Cocoa regulator's credibility on line over 2023-2024 season

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Cocoa: Abidjan faces boycott from trading giants after sales open

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Abidjan keeps up cocoa pressure on Brussels

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Ivory Coast Cocoa traders suffer at hands of chocolate manufacturers

Ivory Coast Barry Callebaut back on the cocoa offensive in Abidjan

Ivory Coast Ivorian-Lebanese firm S3C to build cocoa bean grinding plant with France's Touton

Ivory Coast International traders still awaiting compensation from Conseil Café-Cacao

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Ivory Coast Ivorian traders clash with cocoa giants Barry Callebaut and Olam

Ghana Why IFC is supporting cocoa trade via local bank

Ivory Coast Cargill and key global operators increase cocoa dominance

Ghana Cocoa sector on tenterhooks after John Dramani Mahama's election victory

Ivory Coast Ouattara abolishes tax exemptions for multinational cocoa manufacturers operating locally

Ivory Coast Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

Ivory Coast Cocoa traders fall foul of Alassane Ouattrara's emergency export ban

Angola Mota-Engil to begin farming cocoa in Cabinda

Ivory Coast Cargill loses its cocoa pole position

Ivory Coast Cargill and Barry Callebaut cocoa plants may grind to halt

Ivory Coast Local cocoa exporters are short of beans

Ivory Coast Abidjan bides time on tax incentives extension for local cocoa processing

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders suffer at hands of chocolate manufacturers

Ivory Coast
Barry Callebaut back on the cocoa offensive in Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Ivorian-Lebanese firm S3C to build cocoa bean grinding plant with France's Touton

Ivory Coast
International traders still awaiting compensation from Conseil Café-Cacao

Spotlight | Madagascar
Antananarivo prepares to cut number of vanilla exporters

Ivory Coast
Ivorian traders clash with cocoa giants Barry Callebaut and Olam

Ghana
Why IFC is supporting cocoa trade via local bank

Ivory Coast
Cargill and key global operators increase cocoa dominance

Ghana
Cocoa sector on tenterhooks after John Dramani Mahama's election victory

Ivory Coast
Ouattara abolishes tax exemptions for multinational cocoa manufacturers operating locally

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders fall foul of Alassane Ouattrara's emergency export ban

Angola
Mota-Engil to begin farming cocoa in Cabinda

Ivory Coast
Cargill loses its cocoa pole position

Ivory Coast
Cargill and Barry Callebaut cocoa plants may grind to halt

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa exporters are short of beans

Ivory Coast
Abidjan bides time on tax incentives extension for local cocoa processing

Ivory Coast
Cocoa regulator's credibility on line over 2023-2024 season

Ivory Coast
Cocoa: Abidjan faces boycott from trading giants after sales open

Ivory Coast
Abidjan keeps up cocoa pressure on Brussels