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Assessment of World Cocoa Bean Stocks for the 2017/18 season

London, 24 January 2019 - The ICCO Expert Working Group on Stocks (EWGS) met today, Thursday 24 January 2019 to review the level of world cocoa bean stocks. The EWGS is composed of experts in the cocoa field who meet once a year, at the invitation…
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Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics – November 2018

Abidjan, 30 November 2018--The International Cocoa Organization today releases its revised estimates, summarized below, of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for the 2017/2018 cocoa year. The data published in Issue No. 4…
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Nigeria joins the International Cocoa Agreement 2010

Nigeria on 10 October 2018 acceded to the International Cocoa Agreement 2010, the United Nations Treaty Section has confirmed. Click here to see the official notification of accession to the Agreement from the United Nations.
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ICCO expresses support for Indonesia following earthquake and tsunami

Abidjan, 4 October 2018 -- The Executive Director, Mr. Michel Arrion, on behalf of the International Cocoa Organization, has expressed sincere condolences to the Government and people of Indonesia, following the earthquake and tsunami that…
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ICCO appoints Mr Michel Arrion as Executive Director of the Organization

Abidjan, 1 October 2018 — The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, has announced the appointment of Mr. Michel Arrion as its new Executive Director. A Belgian national, Mr. Arrion (pictured)…
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August 2018 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics – Rev.1

Abidjan, 31 August 2018--The International Cocoa Organization today released its revised forecasts for the current 2017/2018 cocoa year and revised estimates for 2016/2017 of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans, summarized…
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International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, 24 – 27 September 2018, 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 Heden Golf Hotel, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire,…
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Proceedings of the International Symposium on Cocoa Research 2017

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COCOA RESEARCH 2017 PROCEEDINGS ACTES ACTAS INTRODUCTION Thematic 1: Genetics and Breeding Thematic 2: Agronomy and cropping systems Thematic 3: Pest and Diseases Thematic 4: Climate Change…
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Costa Rica joins the 2010 International Cocoa Agreement

European Union joins the 2010 International Cocoa Agreement

Cameroon Workshop launches the ICCO’s SPS Cocoa Africa project

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