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Ouattara struggles to implement preference for national cacao suppliers

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“West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders”

Ghana, Ivory Coast

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

By jointly introducing a premium of $400 per tonne on cocoa beans in autumn 2020, Ivory Coast and Ghana were seeking to ensure that cocoa producers' revenues were maintained. In so doing, however, they sparked off an open war with the big commodity traders, who have since taken steps to get round the measure and avoid paying the premium. This battle of wills has paralysed a sector which has already been badly affected by Covid-19 and speeded up the transformation of the trading sector, encouraging Ghana and Ivory Coast to trade their cocoa beans on their own account. [...]

Ivory Coast has new rules that oblige international operators to award 20% of their cocoa bean supply contracts with confectionary manufacturers to Ivorian producers. But the sector's foreign giants have still dominated over local players in the 2021-2022 cocoa harvest. [...]

Published on 14/12/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ghana, Ivory Coast

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Barry Callebault
Cargill
Cemoi
European Union
Jobst von Kirchmann
Olam
Omais
Patrick Achi
Societe de commercialisation de cafe cacao
Touton
World Trade Organisation

Document | Ivory Coast
EU ambassador Jobst Von Kirchmann plays lobbyist for international cocoa giants

The EU ambassador in Ivory Coast has questioned in a official letter the legality of a new measure which forces cocoa multinationals to reserve 20% of their contracts for Ivorian partners - an intervention that has greatly irked the Ivorian authorities.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 26.11.2021

The European Union's ambassador to Ivory Coast Jobst Von Kirchmann.

Ivory Coast
Olam loses its cocao crown

The first buying period for the 2020-21 cocoa season ended on 31 March and initial results show a major rebalancing between the main buyers. Agri-business behemoth Olam lost the pole position it had held among buyers of Ivorian beans since 2016 to US firm Cargill West Africa.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 20.04.2021

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa traders squeezed out

The 2018-2019 cocoa bean commercialisation campaign is turning into a nightmare for local cocoa traders. Here's why.

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Patrick Achi
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World Trade Organisation

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