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Conference on Cocoa Market Outlook set for September in London
The ICCO has announced a one-day Conference looking in depth at the cocoa market situation and prospects for the future, to take place Tuesday, 22 September 2015 at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Wembley, London.
The Cocoa Market Outlook Conference,…

ICCO futures market and econometrics seminars to take place in Bali in August
London, 2 June 2015--The International Cocoa Organization is to run another edition of its successful International Seminar on Futures Markets and Econometric Modelling of the Cocoa Market, this time at the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, Kuta,…

May 2015 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
London, 29 May 2015 -- The International Cocoa Organization today releases its revised forecasts for the current 2014/2015 cocoa year and revised estimates of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for 2013/2014, as summarized…

ICCO stresses sustainability and innovation at Singapore Congress
The ICCO stressed the importance of sustainability and innovation at the opening session of the Asia Choco Cocoa Congress, held in late April in Singapore.
Speaking on behalf of the Organization, Senior Economist Mr. Loke Fong Han emphasised…

Price risk management training project begins in West Africa
The ICCO launched its project Capacity building on price risk management strategy for cocoa smallholders in Africa in Cameroon and Nigeria in late April, with capacity building workshops held in Yaoundé and Abuja.
Implemented by the well…

ICCO recommends a review of cocoa resources at Abidjan Council meeting
Abidjan, 27 March 2015—The world’s largest cocoa producing countries should marshal their resources with a view to avoiding oversupply in the future and helping ensure equitable prices, ICCO Executive Director Dr Jean-Marc Anga told attendees…

ICCO-ITC Seminar on Voluntary Sustainability Standards
The International Trade Centre and the ICCO are to hold an afternoon seminar on Voluntary Sustainable Standards in the cocoa sector at the Hotel Sofitel Ivoire, Abidjan, in Abidjan on 24 March 2015.
This event is intended for policy makers,…

February 2015 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
London, 27 February 2015--The International Cocoa Organization today releases its first forecasts for the 2014/2015 cocoa year and revised estimates of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for 2013/2014, as summarized below.…
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