Ivory Coast : Cargill loses its cocoa pole position - 14/03/2024

Ivory Coast
Coffee and cocoa board boss gives multinationals some respite

Yves Brahima Koné, the head of the Conseil Café-Cacao, has decided to calm relations between his organisation and exporters who have been unable to fulfil their contracts for the main harvest season.

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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.

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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

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

The cocoa selling season in Ivory Coast is turning into a fiasco for the Conseil Café Cacao, which traders have accused of promising non-existent quantities of beans.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 16.11.2023

Preparing bags of cocoa beans on an Ivorian farm, October 2023.

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

Having just opened advance sales for the 2024-2025 harvest, the Conseil Café Cacao is now facing a refusal from the major traders to match the prices set by Abidjan.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 31.10.2023

A farmer works with cocoa beans at a farm in Adzope town, southern Ivory Coast, 13 October 2023.

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.

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Cargill loses its cocoa pole position

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

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Ivory Coast
Coffee and cocoa board boss gives multinationals some respite

Angola
Mota-Engil to begin farming cocoa in Cabinda

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

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa exporters are short of beans

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 stings Cargill with hefty tax fine

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Ivory Coast Coffee and cocoa board boss gives multinationals some respite

Angola Mota-Engil to begin farming cocoa in Cabinda

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

Ivory Coast Local cocoa exporters are short of beans

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

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

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Ivory Coast
Cargill loses its cocoa pole position

Ivory Coast
Coffee and cocoa board boss gives multinationals some respite

Angola
Mota-Engil to begin farming cocoa in Cabinda

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

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa exporters are short of beans

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 stings Cargill with hefty tax fine