Rainfall patterns across Ivory Coast’s main cocoa-growing regions last week have been broadly supportive of the April–September mid-crop, according to farmers. Although precipitation remained mostly below seasonal averages, the combination of light rains and sunny conditions helped maintain soil moisture and supported flowering on cocoa trees. Ivory Coast,
Ghana’s cocoa farmers say they have not been paid for cocoa supplied since November, leaving many households under acute financial pressure. The Ghana National Association of Cocoa Farmers (GNACOF) says growers are struggling to meet basic needs, and some were unable to properly observe the Christmas and New Year
Ivory Coast’s cocoa processing activity increased in December, with bean grindings rising 3.6% year on year to 64,787 metric tons, according to data released by the exporters’ association GEPEx. Despite the stronger December performance, cumulative grindings since the start of the 2025/26 season in October reached
Cocoa arrivals at ports in Ivory Coast, the world’s leading producer, totaled approximately 1.162 million metric tons as of January 18, according to exporter estimates. This represents a 2.4% decline compared with the same point in the previous season, which began on October 1. Weekly arrivals between
The March New York cocoa contract closed the session down $124 (-2.44%) at $4,966, extending the sell-off to fresh lows and marking the fifth consecutive session trading below the lower Bollinger Band, underscoring the persistence of downside pressure. Market conditions remain deeply oversold, with the Slow Stochastic Oscillator
Asia cocoa grindings in Q4 2025 totaled 197,022 metric tonnes, representing a 4.82% year-on-year decline compared with Q4 2024. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, grindings increased by 8.90% from Q3 2025, indicating a seasonal rebound in processing activity toward year-end despite structurally weaker demand conditions. For full-year 2025,
In the fourth quarter, North American grinding rose by 356 tons (+0.35%) year on year to 103,117 tons. For comparison, grindings in the previous quarter totaled 112,784 tons. Despite the year-on-year increase, this remains one of the weakest fourth-quarter grinding results of the past 18 years. In
The March contract in New York extended its decline on Wednesday, settling down 135 points (-2.59%) at 5,078. The market broke decisively through recent technical support, printing a session low of 4,961, confirming that selling pressure remains dominant despite early signs of short-term exhaustion. While prices have
Germany and Europe both reported sharp declines in cocoa grindings in the fourth quarter of 2025, reinforcing evidence of demand destruction driven by historically high cocoa prices. Europe: Q4 Grinding Figures The European Cocoa Association (ECA) reported that Europe’s Q4 2025 cocoa grind fell 8.3% year-on-year to 304,
Global cocoa processing activity remained weak in the final quarter of 2025, underscoring continued demand pressure across the chocolate industry despite a significant retreat in cocoa prices from last year’s record highs. Cocoa bean grindings, which measure the volume of beans processed into cocoa butter and powder for chocolate
The March 2026 New York cocoa contract closed sharply lower on Tuesday, settling at 5,213, down 193 points (-3.57%) compared with the 12 January close of 5,406. The contract opened firm at 5,471 and quickly pushed to an intraday high of 5,494 before coming under
Cocoa futures closed higher in both New York and London, recovering from early weakness as the session progressed. In New York, the March contract settled at $5,406, up 94 points (+1.77%) from the prior close, after spending much of the session under pressure before stabilising into the close.
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Cocoa arrivals at ports in Ivory Coast have fallen behind last season’s levels in the early part of the 2025/26 campaign, according to exporter estimates. Since the start of the season on October 1, total arrivals at Ivorian ports reached approximately 1.125 million metric tons by January
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Cocoa prices suffered a sharp and disorderly reversal on Friday, plunging as much as 13% intraday, as exporter hedging overwhelmed index-related buying and triggered a broad liquidation of speculative length. What began earlier in the week as a rally driven by expectations of commodity index rebalancing rapidly unraveled once higher
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Cocoa entered the index-fund rebalancing window with attention centered on the New York benchmark, where Thursday’s prompt contract closed only slightly higher than the prior session, signaling marginal net strength until buying pressure accelerated later in the day. London ICE followed the move but at a smaller scale, adding
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Rumors of a smaller cocoa harvest in Ecuador are circulating, which introduces a short-term supply-shock narrative into market sentiment. Despite the speculation, analysts continue to treat Ecuador as the second-largest cocoa producer globally. Forecasting agency CRA maintains a long-range projection of approximately 800,000 metric tons of output, extending its
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The push to clean up mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) in cocoa has moved from lab slides to the rulebook. The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) has approved a new project to develop a food‑safe jute standard for cocoa and other commodities, formally led by the International Cocoa Organization
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Cocoa futures in both the UK and US markets corrected on 6 January, reflecting a broad, front-led liquidity rotation rather than a structural shift in fundamentals or curve inversion. The UK curve gave back ground in an orderly manner, with March-26 down 1.22%. The US front corrected more firmly,
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Ivory Coast cocoa port arrivals have declined on a weekly basis since mid-December, but this trend reflects a combination of policy-driven delivery pacing and seasonal movement patterns rather than pure logistical breakdown. In early December, Ivorian authorities tightened transport permits so that truck deliveries to Abidjan and San Pedro could
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Abidjan, 5 January 2026 – Unseasonal rainfall across Côte d’Ivoire’s main cocoa regions last week has improved soil moisture and raised expectations for stronger output as farmers return from the mid-year dry season, according to reports from Reuters. Rainfall has been persistent in key producing areas since December and
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Cocoa bean deliveries to the main ports of Abidjan and San Pedro have reached approximately 1.071 million metric tons since the start of the 2025/26 season on October 1. This marks a 3.4% decrease year-on-year compared to the same period last season, based on exporter estimates referenced
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ICE cocoa futures sold off in the first post-holiday session, with front tenors leading weakness in both venues. In New York, Mar-26 closed at 5,891, down 152 (-2.52%) from 31-Dec, marking broad losses in May (-2.61%), July (-2.45%) and a smaller drop in September (-0.57%
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On Wednesday, 31 December, cocoa futures markets closed 2025 with technically coherent but venue-divergent settlement, following a massive fund-assisted rally on 29 December and a liquidation-driven down session on 30 December. ICE US cocoa softened in the nearby 2026 tenors, with Mar-26 leading the pullback, while Sep-26 closed unchanged, confirming
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On Tuesday’s session, cocoa futures retraced significant gains made on Monday amid sharply reduced liquidity in the holiday period. Front-month March-26 cocoa on ICE U.S. closed down –166 points to 6,089 after climbing on Monday, while ICE London March-26 cocoa settled –115 points lower at 4,376.