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Coffee Daily Report
Expectations of a significant increase in global coffee supply pressured prices on international exchanges Thursday (26), leading to moderate declines. The downturn followed a report published Wednesday (25) by Rabobank projecting that worldwide coffee production will reach a record 180 million bags in the 2026/27 crop year — roughly 8
Cocoa Daily Report
Ivory Coast plans to bring forward the start of its cocoa mid-crop season and cut the price paid to farmers, according to government and regulatory sources cited by Reuters. The changes are expected to take effect on March 1, marking the first time the mid-crop will begin earlier
Cocoa News
(UPDATED) Ivory Coast is expected to set the 2025/26 mid-crop farmgate cocoa price between 800 and 1,000 CFA per kilogram, according to government and regulatory sources. The more significant development is the decision to bring forward the start of the mid-crop season to March 1. Authorities
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Continued sales of the current crop, combined with market rumours of substantial forward transactions, weighed heavily on sentiment. Trade chatter indicates that Côte d’Ivoire’s regulator may have sold between 100,000 and 200,000 tonnes of the mid-crop, alongside roughly 300,000 tonnes of the upcoming main
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Ivory Coast’s raw cocoa bean exports reached 1.011 million metric tons as of February 20, according to two government officials and a source at the Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC). This represents a 2.8% decline compared to the same period last year, when exports totaled 1.040
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Cocoa buying activity has resumed in Ivory Coast after the country’s regulator adjusted its pricing approach, bringing export offers back in line with international market levels. The move follows months of tension between exporters and authorities that had resulted in significant volumes of beans remaining unsold. The national regulator,
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Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture has temporarily suspended cocoa bean imports from Ivory Coast, citing phytosanitary concerns, according to an official statement reported by Reuters on 24 January 2026. The decision follows the detection of insect infestation in recent shipments arriving at Brazilian ports. Authorities have retained the affected cargoes
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The government of Côte d’Ivoire has forecast its 2025/26 mid-crop cocoa production at 350,000 metric tons, a figure that immediately influences global supply expectations for the second half of the season. While the number may appear stabilizing at first glance, it does not represent a full
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Ivory Coast’s Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) has reached an agreement with major international cocoa exporters to resume export contracts for the ongoing mid-crop season. The deal, concluded with the exporters’ association GEPEX, allows the reinstatement of so-called “release purchases,” which are contracts that enable exporters to
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Ivory Coast is on track to accumulate roughly 200,000 metric tons of unsold cocoa by the end of next month if the ongoing price standoff between the government and international buyers is not resolved, according to industry sources. The dispute centers on the state’s farmgate pricing mechanism and
Coffee Daily Report
Arabica coffee futures posted a significant decline on Monday (23), with the market closing sharply lower amid improving weather conditions in key producing regions and growing expectations of ample supply in the upcoming crop cycle. On the New York exchange, arabica contracts fell approximately 2.68% in the most active
Cocoa Daily Report
The Ivorian government confirmed it will announce the fixed mid-crop farmgate price by the end of February, earlier than the traditional late-March or early-April timing. Market speculation has centered on a potential reduction of around 35 percent, aligning with Ghana’s recent farmer price cut of roughly