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International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, 18-22 March 2013, Bali, Indonesia

The International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, including the new Economics and Administration and Finance Committees, created under the terms of the 2010 International Cocoa Agreement , will meet in Bali, Indonesia 18 - 22 March…
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Noble becomes 30th stakeholder to sign Abidjan Cocoa Declaration

13 January 2013--Hong Kong-based multinational cocoa trader Noble Group on 7 January signed the Abidjan Cocoa Declaration. Noble joins 29 other cocoa sector stakeholders, ranging from cocoa growers through their governments to civil society…
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Ghana ratifies the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

Ghana on 18 December 2012 ratified the International Cocoa Agreement 2010, the United Nations Treaty Section has confirmed. Click here to see the official notification of ratification to the Agreement from the United Nations.
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29 Signatories to the Abidjan Cocoa Declaration take the first step to a sustainable sector

Some 29 organizations and countries operating across the spectrum of the international cocoa sector by 30 November had signed the ground-breaking Abidjan Cocoa Declaration, the ICCO revealed today. The cocoa sector stakeholders, ranging from…
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November 2012 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics

30 November 2012--The International Cocoa Organization today released its revised estimates, summarized below, of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for the 2011/2012 cocoa year. The data published in Issue No. 4 - Volume…
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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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Top North American processor Blommer signs Abidjan Cocoa Declaration

The International Cocoa Agreement 2010 enters into force

Sierra Leone joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

Trinidad and Tobago joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

August 2012 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics

Guinea accedes to the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

Togo ratifies the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

Brazil joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010