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Abidjan Declaration climaxes the World Cocoa Conference

ABIDJAN, 23 November 2012--The Abidjan Cocoa Declaration—outlining a course of action to bring about major changes in the cocoa sector--was signed at the end of the successful first-ever edition of the World Cocoa Conference,…
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Liberia joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

Liberia on 13 November 2012 signed the International Cocoa Agreement 2010, the United Nations Treaty Section has confirmed. Click here to see the official notification of signature to the Agreement from the United Nations.
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New cocoa certification studies now available to download

Two new studies on cocoa certification commissioned by the ICCO are now available to be downloaded from the website. The reports, Study on the costs, advantages and disadvantages of cocoa certification, by KPMG and Étude sur les coûts, les…
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The International Cocoa Agreement 2010 enters into force

The Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 19 September 2012 convened a meeting of the parties that had negotiated and concluded the International Cocoa Agreement, 2010, pursuant to Article 57,…
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Sierra Leone joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

Sierra Leone on 1 October 2012 signed the International Cocoa Agreement 2010, the United Nations Treaty Section has confirmed. Click here to see the official notification of signature to the Agreement from the United Nations.
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Trinidad and Tobago joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

Trinidad and Tobago on 24 September 2012 signed the International Cocoa Agreement 2010, the United Nations Treaty Section has confirmed. Click here to see the official notification of signature to the Agreement from the United Nations.
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August 2012 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics

28 August 2012--The International Cocoa Organization today released its revised forecasts for the 2011/2012 cocoa year and revised estimates for 2010/2011 of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans, summarized below. The data published…
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International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, 17-21 September 2012

The International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, including the Consultative Board on the World Cocoa Economy, will meet in London, 17 - 21 September 2012.  The meetings will be preceded by the first meeting of the Expert Working Group…
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May 2015 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics

ICCO stresses sustainability and innovation at Singapore Congress

Price risk management training project begins in West Africa

ICCO-ITC Seminar on Voluntary Sustainability Standards

February 2015 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics

Seminar on Cocoa Projects set for Accra in June

Assessment of world cocoa bean stocks for 2013-14