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5th Edition of the World Cocoa Conference in Bali, Indonesia, postponed to 2021
Abidjan, 11 May 2020 – The World Cocoa Conference (WCC) is a ground-breaking networking event created by the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) and launched in 2012 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Organized every two years to assess…

February 2020 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
Abidjan, 6 March 2020 - The International Cocoa Organization today releases its first forecasts for the 2019/20 cocoa year and revised estimates of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for 2018/19 cocoa year. The data published…

Assessment of World Cocoa Bean Stocks for the 2018/19 season
London, 23 January 2020 - The ICCO Expert Working Group on Stocks (EWGS) met today, Thursday 23 January 2020 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…

November 2019 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
Abidjan, 29 November 2019--The International Cocoa Organization today released its revised estimates, summarized below, of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for the 2018/2019 cocoa year. The data published in Issue No. 4…

August 2019 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
Abidjan, 30 August 2019--The International Cocoa Organization today released its revised forecasts for the current 2018/2019 cocoa year and revised estimates for 2017/2018 of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans, summarized…

International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, 9 – 12 September 2019, Abidjan
The International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, including the Consultative Board on the World Cocoa Economy and the Working Group on the review of the International Cocoa Agreement, 2010, as well as the Economics and Administration…

ICE Futures Europe offers Certified Grader Course in London
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) soft commodities team is organising a three-day certified cocoa grader course.
This specialised training, which begins on 4 November, is aimed at teaching the technical skills required to grade cocoa according…

May 2019 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics
Abidjan, 31 May 2019--The International Cocoa Organization today releases its revised forecasts for the current 2018/19 cocoa year and revised estimates of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for 2017/18, as summarized below.…

108th International Cocoa Council and Subsidiary Bodies, 02 – 06 October 2023, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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