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Nicaragua joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010
Nicaragua on 15 July 2013 acceded to the International Cocoa Agreement 2010, the United Nations Treaty Section has confirmed.
Click here to see the official notification of accession to the Agreement from the United Nations.

ICCO Workshop in Cameroon gathers worldwide experts to review cocoa certification
London, 12 July 2013—The ICCO’s latest International Workshop brought to Douala, Cameroon a group of world experts to tackle the thorny issue of certification in the cocoa sector.
The International Workshop on Cocoa Certification, which…


May 2013 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
London, 29 May 2013--The International Cocoa Organization today released its revised forecasts for the current 2012/2013 cocoa year and revised estimates for 2011/2012 of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans, summarized below.…

Amsterdam chosen as the venue for the Second World Cocoa Conference in 2014
London, 15 May 2013—Amsterdam, the base for some of the world’s largest processors and traders of cocoa and its products, will be the location for the second edition of the ICCO’s World Cocoa Conference, scheduled to take place 9 –…

Terminal Markets and Econometrics Modelling Seminar set for Guayaquil
LONDON, 14 May 2013--The International Cocoa Organization is to run an International Seminar on Terminal Markets and Econometric Modelling of the Cocoa Market at the Sheraton Guayaquil Hotel in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 15 – 19 July 2013, the…

Hershey signs the Abidjan Cocoa Declaration
LONDON, 10 May 2013—US-based Hershey, one of the world’s largest chocolate makers has signed the Abidjan Cocoa Declaration, bringing the total number of cocoa stakeholder signatories to 34, the ICCO announced today.
Vice President Global…

International Cocoa Certification Workshop details announced
London, 1 May 2013--Arrangements for the ICCO’s International Workshop on Cocoa Certification, scheduled for 24 - 27 June in Yaoundé, Cameroon are well advanced, with a strong speaker list from across the grower sector, the trade and industry…
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