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Ghana is currently holding around 50,000 metric tons of unsold cocoa at its ports, according to the country’s cocoa regulator. The excess stock has built up due to ongoing challenges in the market. The regulator confirmed that discussions are underway with cocoa farmers and the Finance Ministry to
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Coffee markets remained under pressure in Asia, with prices in Vietnam easing on Thursday, tracking broader declines in global markets and subdued physical trade activity, according to Reuters. Traders reported sluggish demand amid a widening gap between bid and ask prices, as farmers and exporters held back sales in anticipation
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Market Overview Cocoa futures staged a sharp technical rebound on 05-Feb, fully reversing the broad, curve-wide liquidation seen on 04-Feb. The recovery was orderly and volume-supported, indicating short-covering and tactical re-risking, rather than fresh speculative length. The prior session’s decline (-4% to -5%
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The Hershey Company reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results that exceeded Wall Street expectations, supported by strong pricing execution in its core chocolate business and an optimistic outlook for 2026. While volume pressures persisted across parts of the confectionery category, Hershey’s ability to pass through higher costs
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Coffee prices extended their decline in the latest session, building on the sharp futures-led sell-off seen earlier in the week. Arabica futures closed lower again, but the pace of losses slowed materially compared with the prior day’s liquidation, indicating that the market is transitioning from forced selling
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Cocoa futures reversed sharply lower on Feb 4, decisively erasing the prior session’s rebound and confirming a failed upside continuation. ICE US Mar-26 settled at 4,041 (-224 pts, -5.25%), with losses of similar magnitude extending across the curve, while ICE London Mar-26 closed at 2,
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Ivory Coast’s cocoa regulator has sharply increased its weekly cocoa purchases after growing concerns over the condition of beans held by farmers and traders, according to industry sources. The Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) has raised its weekly buying target to 20,000 tonnes, starting this week, in an
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Coffee futures remained under heavy pressure on international exchanges on 03 February, with both Arabica in New York and Robusta in London experiencing sharp, technically driven sell-offs that pushed prices to multi-week lows. In New York, Arabica March futures fell nearly 5%, sliding below 320 c/lb after
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Cocoa futures closed higher on 3 February, extending the rebound from the late-January pullback, with gains recorded across both New York and London curves. In ICE US cocoa, the Mar-26 contract closed at 4,265, up 48 points from the previous session, while May-26 settled at 4,
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Source: Reuters | Feb 3, 2026 Authorities in Ivory Coast have detained two leaders of cocoa farmers’ unions following allegations that they spread false information about large quantities of unsold cocoa stocks, claims that unsettled markets during the peak harvest period. The union leaders had alleged that around 700,000 metric
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This report marks the start of a daily coffee market update. Historical data coverage for parts of 2025 is still being expanded and refined. Depth and granularity will increase over time as the dataset is completed. Indonesia: Strong Robusta Export Performance from Sumatra Indonesian government trade data from Sumatra, the
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The March contract in New York closed the session up 17 points (+0.40%), settling at 4,217. Prices again traded below the psychological 4,000 level during the session, with a daily low of 3,940, before recovering into the close. Overall price action remains range-bound, with support