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Cocoa Market Report for March 2022
Abidjan, 20 April 2022 - The International Cocoa Organization releases the Cocoa Market Report for March 2022. The current report highlights the following insights:
Amid global economic uncertainties, cocoa prices have virtually not witnessed…

Webinar on food safety in the cocoa sector
https://www.icco.org/report-food-safety-webinar_icco-eca-caobisco_current-and-upcoming-eu-regulations-and-impacts_-executive-summary/
On 22 March 2022, The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), the Joint Cocoa Research Fund (JRF), the…

Brussels chosen as the venue for the World Cocoa Conference 2024
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 08 April 2022. – The World Cocoa Conference (WCC) is a ground-breaking networking event created by the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) and launched in 2012 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Organized every two…

Cocoa Market Report for February 2022
Abidjan, 18 March 2022 - The International Cocoa Organization releases the Cocoa Market Report for February 2022. The current report highlights the following insights:
The importation of cocoa beans and cocoa semi-finished products to Ukraine…

ICCO Secures Funding from the WTO and EU to Address Cadmium Contamination in Cocoa Beans
Abidjan, 18 March 2022. The International Cocoa Organization is pleased to announce the commencement of the implementation of the project on “Improving capacity building and knowledge sharing to support management of cadmium levels in cocoa…

VACANCY NOTICE – ECONOMIST
Abidjan, 11 March 2022. Vacancy notice - Economist
Title: Economist
Category/ Grade: Internationally recruited staff, P1/P2 on the UN salary scale
Duty station: Abidjan
Type of contract: Fixed Term (5 years with 6-month probationary…

February 2022 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
Abidjan, 28 February 2022 - The International Cocoa Organization today releases its first forecasts for the 2021/22 cocoa year and revised estimates of world production, grindings, and stocks of cocoa beans for 2020/21 cocoa year. The data…

International Symposium on Cocoa Research ISCR 2022 in December 2022
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 16 February 2022. The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) in partnership with the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) is pleased to announce that the second edition of the…
Costa Rica joins the 2010 International Cocoa Agreement
Uncoordinated projects could make cocoa’s boom and bust cycle worse, the ICCO’s Executive Director says
Terminal Markets Seminar updates member delegates on the cocoa futures markets
European Union joins the 2010 International Cocoa Agreement
Cameroon Workshop launches the ICCO’s SPS Cocoa Africa project
Technical paper on Cocoa Variety Improvement now available from this site
Dr. Anga previews the Quarterly Bulletin statistics for the major producers in a Bloomberg News report
Interview with Dr Jean-Marc Anga, Executive Director a.i., in The Public Ledger
Implementation of the Recommendations of the First and Second Roundtables on a Sustainable Cocoa Economy
Latest Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics April 2011