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Seminar on Cocoa Projects set for Accra in June
Following a decision taken by the International Cocoa Council at its 88th regular session in September 2013, the ICCO is to hold an International Seminar on the Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Cocoa Projects, which is being generously…

Assessment of world cocoa bean stocks for 2013-14
London, 23 January 2015 -- The ICCO Expert Working Group on Stocks (EWGS) met today to review the level of world cocoa bean stocks. The EWGS is composed of experts in the cocoa field who meet once a year, at the invitation of the ICCO, to review…

International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, 23 – 27 March 2015, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
The International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, including the Consultative Board on the World Cocoa Economy, as well as the Economics and Administration and Finance Committees, will meet at the Hotel Sofitel Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte…

ICCO and Afreximbank sign collaboration agreement on cocoa development
London, 5 December 2014—Sealing a wide-ranging international programme of collaboration, the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) on 28 November signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)…

November 2014 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
London, 28 November 2014--The International Cocoa Organization today releases its revised estimates, summarized below, of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for the 2013/2014 cocoa year. The data published in Issue No. 4 -…

ICCO Statement on Reports of a Cocoa Supply Deficit in 2020
London, 21 November 2014--The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) has noted numerous press reports this week identifying potential deficits in the supply of cocoa in the years to come, possibly reaching a level of one million tonnes in…

ICCO Statement on Ebola and the West African cocoa sector
London, 17 October 2014—The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) would like to emphasize that its thoughts and prayers are with the citizens and the governments of three of its member countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, who are…

Russian Federation joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010
The Russian Federation on 1 October 2010 signed the International Cocoa Agreement 2010, the United Nations Treaty Section has confirmed.
Click here to see the official notification of signature to the Agreement from the United Nations.
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February 2013 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
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International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, 18-22 March 2013, Bali, Indonesia
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Ghana ratifies the International Cocoa Agreement 2010
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