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Barry Callebaut

Ivory Coast
Ouattara eager to settle tax dispute with Cargill

The Ivorian president is keen for the US trader, which has been accused of failing to pay its taxes, to put its affairs in order. The US ambassador in Abidjan is keeping a close eye on developments.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.07.2023

Ivory Coast
Sarkozy's discreet trip to Abidjan to talk Sucden with Ouattara

The ex-French president made a low-key visit to Abidjan on 3 July to discuss Sucden, a French company of which he is a board member, with the Ivorian leader Alassane Ouattara.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 06.07.2023

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Ivory Coast
Abidjan stings Cargill with hefty tax fine

Faced with a tax adjustment of over CFA Francs 100bn, the US group, the largest exporter of Ivorian cocoa beans, is trying to negotiate with the Ivorian authorities through the US Chamber of Commerce in Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.06.2023

Ivory Coast
Foreign cocoa exporter success fuels local discontent

The major foreign traders were the winners in Ivory Coast's main cocoa bean harvest that has just ended. This has heightened tension between the big players such as Cargill and local exporters, who blame foreign competitors for their supply difficulties.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 20.04.2023

A bag of cocoa beans stamped "Conseil du café-cacao" in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast
Cargill granted extra cocoa beans quota

Despite the Cocoa and Coffee Council's decision in February to limit sales to large traders, the head of the US trading giant's regional office was able to bargain for an additional quota of around 10,000 tonnes of cocoa beans, of which Cargill is the Ivory Coast's largest exporter.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 13.03.2023

A farm worker with cacoa beans at a farm in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast
Worried Ivorian cocoa traders turn to Ouattara for help

Local cocoa exporters are experiencing significant supply issues and may not manage to honour the contracts that expire when the main 2022-2023 harvest ends this month. Citing lack of action from the cocoa regulatory board, they are asking the president to step in.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 23.02.2023

In Focus | Ivory Coast
Loïc Folloroux, son of Ivorian first lady and behind-the-scenes cocoa trader

Loïc Folloroux, the son of Ivory Coast first lady Dominique Ouattara and owner of Africa Sourcing, has been an effective advocate and a major beneficiary of regulations favouring local players in the country's vital cocoa trade.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 30.01.2023

The discreet businessman Loïc Folloroux, son of First Lady Dominique Ouattara, has established himself in recent decades as the leading local bean trader.

Ivory Coast
As he tussles with cocoa giants, Ouattara turns to China

The Ivorian president is trying to steer Chinese industrial projects towards the cocoa sector so as to bypass the major international players with which Abidjan is at odds.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 16.01.2023

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on 7 January 2023.

Ivory Coast
Power struggle between big business and Abidjan slows cocoa campaign

International traders and chocolate manufacturers are limiting purchases of cocoa beans in Ivory Coast. The local regulatory board is requiring them to acquire 20% from local exporters, and they are unable to find enough 'sustainable' material locally.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 16.11.2022

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Why West African producers snubbed World Cocoa Foundation meeting

The business and political leaders of Ivory Coast and Ghana's cocoa sectors did not attend the partnership meeting between the world's chocolate producers in Brussels this week. Their aim was to put pressure on European decision-makers working on new supply standards.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 28.10.2022

Inner circles | Ghana, Ivory Coast
New cocoa initiative still far cry from Ouattara and Akufo-Addo's chocolate heaven

The Ivory Coast-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (ICCIG), based in Accra since September 2021 and headed by the experienced Ivorian Alex Assanvo, is struggling to bring multinationals on board. It is also trying to persuade the two regulatory bodies to radically shift their priorities.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 29.07.2022

Alex Pierre-Arnaud Assanvo, secretary-general of the Ivory Coast Ghana Cocoa Initiative.

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Abidjan stings Cargill with hefty tax fine

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Foreign cocoa exporter success fuels local discontent

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Ivory Coast Abidjan stings Cargill with hefty tax fine

Ivory Coast Foreign cocoa exporter success fuels local discontent

Ivory Coast Cargill granted extra cocoa beans quota

Ivory Coast Worried Ivorian cocoa traders turn to Ouattara for help

In Focus | Ivory Coast Loïc Folloroux, son of Ivorian first lady and behind-the-scenes cocoa trader

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Namibia
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Ivory Coast
Ouattara eager to settle tax dispute with Cargill

Ivory Coast
Sarkozy's discreet trip to Abidjan to talk Sucden with Ouattara

Ivory Coast
Abidjan stings Cargill with hefty tax fine

Ivory Coast
Foreign cocoa exporter success fuels local discontent

Ivory Coast
Cargill granted extra cocoa beans quota

Ivory Coast
Worried Ivorian cocoa traders turn to Ouattara for help

In Focus | Ivory Coast
Loïc Folloroux, son of Ivorian first lady and behind-the-scenes cocoa trader

Ivory Coast
As he tussles with cocoa giants, Ouattara turns to China

Ivory Coast
Power struggle between big business and Abidjan slows cocoa campaign

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Why West African producers snubbed World Cocoa Foundation meeting

Inner circles | Ghana, Ivory Coast
New cocoa initiative still far cry from Ouattara and Akufo-Addo's chocolate heaven

West Africa
Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

Morocco
Raymond Farhat & co to steer Moroccan industrialists' African ambitions

Ivory Coast
Cacao giants battle with CCC, while 45,000 tonnes of beans wait outside Abidjan port

Ivory Coast
RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Ivory Coast
Cocoa giants forced to allow locals to purchase beans

Ivory Coast
Cargill knocked off its pedestal

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa traders squeezed out

Ivory Coast
Bitter-tasting chocolate for Cargill, Touton and Olam & Co