Abidjan, 16 December 2020 During the celebration of its 34th Special Session, the International Cocoa Council has amended the Annex “C” of the ICA, 2010 in application of Rule 24 Reconsideration of a decision of the Administrative Rules of the ICCO. This Annex “C” replaces the previous version approved by the Council at its 102nd regular session in September 2020.

 

Countries Share of total exports of the country classified as fine and flavour cocoa
Belize a/
Bolivia a/
Brazil 100%
Colombia 95%
Costa Rica 100%
Dominica 100%
Dominican Republic 60%
Ecuador 75%
Grenada 100%
Guatemala 75%
Haiti 75%
Honduras a/
Indonesia 10%
Jamaica 100%
Madagascar 100%
Mexico a/
Nicaragua 100%
Panama 50%
Papua New Guinea 70%
Peru 75%
Saint Lucia 100%
São Tomé and Principé a/
Trinidad and Tobago 100%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of a/
Vietnam a/

Notes:
a/ Fine or Flavour cocoa bean exports are present, but the Panel is not able at this time to evaluate and
determine a percentage.

Abidjan, 16 Decembre 2020.  The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) hereby issues a call for expressions of interest for the appointment of an external auditing firm.

The specific services envisaged under this tender are as follows:

  • To produce an annual audit report certifying the accounts for the period from 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021;
  • Eventually, to produce annual audit reports for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 financial years.

The ICCO invites interested firms to submit applications for the provision of the services indicated above. Click on the below links for the terms of reference for this tender.

Eligibility criteria, the drawing up of a shortlist and the selection procedure implemented will be in accordance with current ICCO practices in terms of both the suitability of candidates and the range of countries from which such firms may apply.

Any applications not meeting the following requirements will be declared null and void: five (5) copies of the application must be placed in sealed envelopes, which must in turn be placed within a further envelope addressed as follows:

To the Executive Director, International Cocoa Organization

“AUDITING OF ACCOUNTS”

Each application will comprise four (4) separate sections:

  1. A letter of application addressed to the Executive Director of the International Cocoa Organization;
  2. Administrative data, including the details of the firm (company name, company address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, name and address of the person in charge, field of activity, legal status) and administrative documents confirming the firm’s legal existence (entry in Companies Register, registration of identity for tax purposes [for companies which have been active for less than 18 months], and certificate showing full compliance with fiscal requirements);
  3. Technical data, including information relating to skills and experience of the team in charge of the audit of the ICCO, showing that the firm’s staff are fully qualified to provide the services required (documents, references from organizations to which similar services are or have been provided, experience in comparable appointments, availability of qualified staff, etc.);
  4. An indication of the total fees to be charged for the services provided (in Euros or in CFA Francs).

Applications should be delivered by hand, with no payment of application fees, to the Office of the Executive Director, at the ICCO headquarters whose address is indicated below, no later than Friday 05 February 2021 at 14:00 GMT.

Organisation Internationale du Cacao.

À l’attention de : Monsieur le Directeur Exécutif

Immeuble ICCO, 2-Plateaux Vallon-ENA, Avenue Boga Doudou

06 BP 1166 ABIDJAN 06, Côte d’Ivoire

Applications and any request for further information may also be sent to the following e-mail address: auditandrevision@icco.org

The name of the successful firm will be published in May 2021, following approval of the appointment by the International Cocoa Council.

 

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Abidjan, 02 December 2020 – The International Cocoa Organization today releases its revised estimates of world production, grindings, and stocks of cocoa beans for the 2019/20 and 2018/19 cocoa years, summarized below. The data published in Issue No. 4 – Volume XLVI – Cocoa Year 2019/20 of the Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics, reflect the most recent information available to the Secretariat as at the beginning of November 2020.

In order to generate more value-added information for the cocoa sector and to provide its readers with a better user experience, the new Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics has been totally rebranded with a more visual and user-friendly design, for a better and faster understanding of the data by its readers. Besides graphical illustrations of the global market, for visualization purposes, the information in each section also has been captured in several maps, pie charts and Sankey diagrams. In addition, the Bulletin includes comments on crop and demand developments in the leading countries and a review of price movements on international markets for cocoa beans during the 2019/20 season. Furthermore, the document contains a valuable annex with historical data updated on a quarterly basis by the Organization’s Statistics Section.

Statistical information on trade in cocoa beans, cocoa products and chocolate, by country and by region, published in this edition, covers annual data from 2016/17 to 2018/19 and quarterly statistics for the period July-September 2018 to January-March 2020. Details of destination of exports and origin of imports for leading cocoa exporting countries are also provided.

Summary of revised estimates

 

Cocoa year
(Oct-Sep)
2018/2019 2019/2020 Year-on-year change
Revised
estimates
Previous
estimates a/
Revised
estimates
(thousand tonnes) (Per cent)
World production 4,784
4,724 4,697
– 87 – 1.8%
World grindings 4,784
4,635
4,631
– 153 – 3.2%
Surplus/deficit b/ – 48 +42 +19
 
End-of-season stocks 1,722
1,760
1,741
+ 19 + 1.1%
Stocks/Grindings ratio 36.0% 38% 37.6%

Notes:
a/   Estimates published in Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics, Vol. XLVI – No. 3 –  Cocoa year 2019/20
b/   Surplus/deficit: net world crop (gross crop adjusted for loss in weight) minus grindings
Totals may differ due to rounding.

Copies of the Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics, in Microsoft Excel and Adobe PDF formats, can be now ordered from the new ICCO eShop: www.icco.org/shop