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- Sep 9, 2026
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Ivory Coast cocoa sellers struggle to use new traceability system | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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ABIDJAN, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Ivorian cocoa traders, cooperatives and buying agents are struggling to use a new national traceability system introduced ahead of incoming European Union rules banning imports of commodities grown on recently deforested land. The West African nation exports around 70% of its cocoa to Europe and exporters said problems with the system could slow purchases and deliveries at the start of the 2026/27 season, raising the risk of supply disruptions through October and Nove
Ivory Coast sets cocoa farmgate price at 1,200 CFA francs per kg for 2026/27 main crop, official says | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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ABIDJAN, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast has maintained the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers at 1,200 CFA francs (around $2.12) per kg for the 2026/27 main crop season, agriculture minister Bruno Kone said on Tuesday. The announcement coincided with the launch of the main crop season in the world’s largest cocoa producer, with harvests expected to run until February 28, 2027. The farmgate price is the amount of money farmers receive for their product after harvest and before any interme
Ivory Coast’s delayed cocoa crop could mean congested ports ahead of EU rules, sources say | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s Coffee and Cocoa Council is concerned a delayed start to the 2026/27 main cocoa crop could lead to port congestion as exporters rush to ship before stricter European Union deforestation rules take effect at the year-end, industry sources said. The council, which is the industry regulator in the world’s biggest cocoa-producing country, said last week the country was ready for the new rules. Two sources from the council and five exporters, however, said this week
Ivory Coast says ready for EU cocoa rules as exporters warn of delays | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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ABIDJAN, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s cocoa regulator says the world’s top cocoa producer is ready for new EU anti-deforestation rules, but exporters and buyers warn a compliance system due to launch next month could disrupt bean purchases and exports. The European Union’s anti-deforestation law, which takes effect at the end of December, requires companies to show that commodities including cocoa are not linked to deforestation. Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) head Yves Brahima Kone told Reu
Ivory Coast 2026/27 cocoa crop to drop more than 10% amid excess rains, disease, counters say | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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ABIDJAN, July 10 (Reuters) – Top cocoa grower Ivory Coast’s upcoming 2026/27 main crop is expected to drop more than 10% amid excess rains, disease and insufficient crop care, pod counters and exporters based in the country said. The excess rains are linked to the El Nino weather pattern — expected to strengthen sharply — that tends to disrupt rainfall patterns, winds and temperatures in West Africa, a region that produces some 70% of the world’s cocoa. Four pod counters and five major exporters
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