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International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, 23 – 27 March 2015, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
The International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, including the Consultative Board on the World Cocoa Economy, as well as the Economics and Administration and Finance Committees, will meet at the Hotel Sofitel Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte…

ICCO and Afreximbank sign collaboration agreement on cocoa development
London, 5 December 2014—Sealing a wide-ranging international programme of collaboration, the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) on 28 November signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)…

November 2014 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
London, 28 November 2014--The International Cocoa Organization today releases its revised estimates, summarized below, of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for the 2013/2014 cocoa year. The data published in Issue No. 4 -…

ICCO Statement on Reports of a Cocoa Supply Deficit in 2020
London, 21 November 2014--The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) has noted numerous press reports this week identifying potential deficits in the supply of cocoa in the years to come, possibly reaching a level of one million tonnes in…

ICCO Statement on Ebola and the West African cocoa sector
London, 17 October 2014—The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) would like to emphasize that its thoughts and prayers are with the citizens and the governments of three of its member countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, who are…

Russian Federation joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010
The Russian Federation on 1 October 2010 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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Range of issues discussed at September’s 90th Council meetings in Wembley
London, 30 September 2014 — Graced by the presence of the Ivorian Minister of Trade, the Ecuadorian Vice Minister of Agriculture and Ambassadors from Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, the Dominican Republic and Ecuador, the 90thmeetings of the World…

August 2014 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
London, 29 August 2014--The International Cocoa Organization today releases its revised forecasts for the current 2013/2014 cocoa year and revised estimates of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for 2012/2013, as summarized…

Seminar on Cocoa Projects set for Accra in June
Assessment of world cocoa bean stocks for 2013-14
International Cocoa Council and subsdiary bodies, 23-27 September 2013, Wembley
International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies 15 – 19 September 2014 Wembley, London
World Cocoa Conference concludes with Amsterdam Declaration
May 2014 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
CNN’s Richard Quest to moderate child labour panel at WCC2 Amsterdam
ICCO receives French Chocolate Academy’s 2014 prize
World Cocoa Conference gathers the sector to hear over 65 speakers
Council visits the top chocolate consuming country for its 89th session