China

I am sure when we heard of China’s first export of 500 Kilograms of cocoa beans to Belgium we cringed asking ourselves, can China produce cocoa beans? Well, for me, I have rather wondered exactly what pride there is in being acclaimed as…
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The international media and Ghana's local media have been awash with news of China's first-ever export of cocoa beans to Europe, precisely Belgium. According to the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS), the first…
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News about China exporting cocoa to Belgium has unsettled many in Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa beans exporter. Concerns are that the Chinese, with capital and technology, will outcompete Africa's cocoa producers whose…
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South China's island province of Hainan has exported cocoa beans to Belgium for the first time, according to the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS). The first batch of 500 kg of cocoa beans, worth 3,044 euros (about…
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Ghana’s Ambassador to China has hinted of discussions with the Chinese government to allow cocoa producers from Ghana to enjoy zero tariff on products on China’s market. This follows the launch of an Africa Cocoa Centre which is intended…
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Ghana’s Ambassador to China, His Excellency Edward Boateng, working together with the Hunan government of China, has brought into existence a new marketing centre in China specifically built to sell and promote strictly African cocoa.…
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Top officials of Ghana Cocoa Board and the Conseil du Cafe-Cacao of Ivory Coast are working out modalities for the implementation of the 2018 Abidjan Declaration at an ongoing summit in Abidjan. The summit, being held in the Caistab…
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