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Processing category lists write-ups on cocoa processing activities in the global space and implications for other subsectors of the industry
Ivory Coast Cocoa Season Grindings up 8%, According to Exporters
Ivory Coast cocoa grinders have processed 455,000 tonnes of beans since the start of the season in October to the end of July, data from exporters’ association GEPEX showed on Friday.
This is up 8% from 421,000 tonnes during same period…
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Decline in European Demand for Cocoa Amidst Higher Prices
Higher cocoa prices are having a dampening effect on demand according to figures published by the European Cocoa Association.
Second-quarter cocoa grinding in Europe declined by a surprising 3.2% year-on-year. Market participants…
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Nigeria’s Agro Traders Company Secures $5.5million Financing to Process Cocoa
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) says it has provided Agro Traders Ltd., a Cocoa processing company in Ondo State 50 per cent credit risk guarantee for N2billion (equivalent of over…
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WAMCO Bounces Back into Operations, Posts $2million Profit
WAMCo, a cocoa processing company in Takoradi in the Western Region, is back to business and already making profit.
The company was shut down for close to three years after Cocobod, under the erstwhile Mahama administration, allegedly…
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Soaring Demand Drives Cocoa Extract Market Growth during the Forecast Period, 2018 to 2028
Cocoa extract, predominantly used in chocolate formulations, provides several health benefits such as better blood flow, improved insulin sensitivity, and antioxidant effects.
With increasing demand for food products of high nutritional…
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Ghana Explores New Market in China For Cocoa and Cocoa Products
Ghana has been participating in the 2019 Tea Expo being held at Hangzhou, China, as the second-largest cocoa producer in the world seeks new markets in Asia for cocoa and cocoa products.
Ghana was invited by the Chinese Government as a…
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Could Cocoa Processing In Ghana Be The Nectar For African Diaspora Investments?
Ghana declared 2019 the Year of Return for the African diaspora. It was part of a campaign to reach out to millions of descendants of Africans who were forcibly uprooted from the continent through the transatlantic slave trade.
On the West…
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