Cocoa: Côte d’Ivoire launches marketing season a month earlier to align with Ghana

Another cocoa campaign, but on an unprecedented timetable. Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s leading producer of “brown gold”, opens its harvest marketing campaign on 1 September for the first time. Historically, the campaign starts on 1 October, with the announcement of the farm-gate purchase price per kilogram of cocoa – a key indicator for producers and the sector.

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    # Cocoa: Côte d’Ivoire launches marketing season a month earlier to align with Ghana

    With a new calendar, tensions over unsold stock and problems with speculation and smuggling, Abidjan is opening its cocoa marketing campaign against a tense backdrop as prices fluctuate.