Ivory Coast sees crop decline due to dry weather
Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest producer, are warning that insufficient rain could hurt both the quality and size of the mid-season crop, which runs from April to September. Farmers said they feared that the beans that mature in time for next month’s market would be small and of low quality.
With low production, Brazil increases cocoa imports
The Brazilian cocoa market faces a challenging start to the year. In the first quarter of 2025, the national volume received reached 17,758 tons of beans, a significant drop of 67% compared to the last quarter of 2024, when 54,435 tons were recorded. In comparison with the same period last year, when the volume […]
