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Ivorian Prime Minister officiates at World Cocoa Conference launch

14 May 2012—At a ceremony held in Abidjan on 9 May, the Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire, H.E. Mr Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio (pictured right), officially launched the ICCO’s World Cocoa Conference, due to take place in the city in November. The…
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Cameroon joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

Cameroon on 26 March 2012 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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Report on the 85th International Cocoa Council, Guayaquil

2 April 2012--The International Cocoa Council, meeting in Guayaquil, Ecuador in the last week of March, backed the upcoming World Cocoa Conference, authorized a London workshop on EU legislation on cadmium in cocoa, and made decisions on the…
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Dominican Republic joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

Dominican Republic on 9 March 2012 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 2012 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics

29 February 2012--The International Cocoa Organization today released its first forecasts for the 2011/2012 cocoa year and revised estimates of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for 2010/2011, as summarized below.  The…
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International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, Guayaquil, Ecuador

The International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, including the Consultative Board on the World Cocoa Economy, will meet in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 26 - 30 March  2012. Provisional Timetable of Meetings, 26-30 March 2012, Guayaquil,…
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Gabon joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

Gabon on 18 January 2012 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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The ICCO announces the World Cocoa Conference, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 19 – 23 November 2012

London, 5 December 2011--The ICCO is organizing the first high-level World Cocoa Conference, to take place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s largest cocoa producing country. Certain to be of interest to all stakeholders in the global…
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Regional Workshop for the ICCO SPS Cocoa Project in Africa

Outcome of the March 2011 meetings of the International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, including the Consultative Board on the World Cocoa Economy

Outcome of the International Workshop on the Safe Use of Pesticides and Harmonization of Legislation for Food Safety, 25-27 January 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ICCO Membership News January 2011