Cocoa has long provided a lifeline in Ivory Coast but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years.

Cocoa prices on Tuesday settled moderately lower and added to Monday's losses on signs of weak cocoa demand. Malaysia reported a -15.3% y/y decline in Q1 cocoa processing to 84.192 MT on Monday ...

Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, may raise cocoa prices in response to proposed US tariffs under President Donald Trump. The Trump administration announced tariffs of 21%, the highest ...

Cocoa prices retreated on Monday on signs of weak cocoa demand. Malaysia reported Monday a -15.3% y/y decline in Q1 cocoa processing to 84.192 MT, and Brazil reported a -13% y/y fall in Q1 cocoa ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has quashed claims that a new cocoa producer price has been released. In a press release sighted by GhanaWeb Business, it stated that no crucial decision of such ...

"When you tax the product that we export to your country, we will increase the price of cocoa, and that will have a repercussion on the price to the consumer," Kouassi said. It was not immediately ...

Chocolate makers have defended the price premium that Easter bunnies command over similarly-sized chocolate bars. High global cocoa prices have put strain on the industry in the lead up to Easter.

Figures from the World Bank showed that the average price of cocoa surged by 68.31 percent to $9.56 per kilo in the first three months of 2025 from $5.68 per kilo in the previous year. This was ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced that the producer price of cocoa will remain unchanged for the 2025/2026 season. This is despite regional price adjustments and ongoing market volatility.

As cocoa prices increase, Barry Callebaut needs to spend more money to retain a similar tonnage in its inventory. The massive impact on the working capital is clearly shown in the cash flow ...

"The short term pain from the unprecedented cocoa price spike and volatility is worse than we anticipated for the company," Kepler Cheuvreux's analyst Jon Cox told Reuters. But declining cocoa ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced that cocoa prices for farmers will remain unchanged for the upcoming 2025/2026 season, despite shifts in global market dynamics and recent price ...