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November 2023 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
Abidjan, 30 November 2023 - The International Cocoa Organization today releases its revised estimates for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 cocoa years for world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans, as summarized below. The data published…

Cocoa Market Report for October 2023
Abidjan, 16 November 2023 - The International Cocoa Organization releases the Cocoa Market Report for October 2023. The current report highlights the following insights:
Two consecutive years of deficit in conjunction with the expectation…

Call for bids to host the 3rd edition of the International Symposium on Cocoa Research
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 02 November 2023. The ICCO Secretariat is pleased to announce the relaunching of the process for the selection of the host country for the 3rd edition of the International Symposium on Cocoa Research (ISCR), to take…

Terms of Reference – Adobe InDesign user
Abidjan, 30 October 2023. Terms of reference Adobe InDesign user
The ICCO is seeking a qualified Adobe InDesign user who will typeset text and images – prepared by the ICCO – into a specific Adobe InDesign template.
Quarterly…

Revision of Annex “C” of the International Cocoa Agreement (ICA), 2010
Abidjan, 10 October 2023 – At its 108th Ordinary Session, the International Cocoa Council, following the recommendation of the ICCO Ad-hoc Panel on Fine Flavor Cocoa, held on June 13-14, 2023, has amended Annex C as shown in the table below.…

Cocoa Market Report for September 2023
Abidjan, 16 October 2023 - The International Cocoa Organization releases the Cocoa Market Report for September 2023. The current report highlights the following insights:
A deficit of around 100,000 tonnes is currently estimated for the…

Closing of the 108th ordinary session of the ICCO Council In Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 6 October 2023. The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) held the 108th session of its Council from October 2 to 6 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, under the chairmanship of Mr. Abel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic,…

The International Cocoa Organization celebrates 50 years of commitment to sustainable cocoa and a living income for farmers
On 3 October 2023, the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) celebrated its 50th anniversary at a ceremony held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to mark half a century of commitment to sustainable growth in the cocoa sector and a living income…
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
Regional Workshop for the ICCO SPS Cocoa Project in Africa