The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) has revised its gloomy
cocoa estimate of a 5,000 tonne deficit to predict a global surplus
of 80,000 tonnes of cocoa in the coming year, assuring
manufacturers of a steady supply.
Democrats Tom Harkin and Eliot L. Engel wrote a hard-hitting piece
in the LA Times on Monday about the human cost of the chocolate
trade, but the cocoa industry has hit back by reaffirming its
commitment to responsible farming.
Barry Callebaut, the world's leading supplier of chocolate to the
confectionery industry, has reported a 6 per cent fall in first
quarter sales revenues to CHF1.15bn (€0.79bn) as squeezed margins
bit into its bottom line. The...
Prices remain steady for cocoa, despite news that the start of the
new cocoa harvesting season from the world's biggest producer,
Ivory Coast, has been delayed due to a dispute.
Hanging as a persistent threat to the chocolate industry witches'
broom disease is capable of wiping out entire cacao crops and
sending the price of chocolate rocketing. Despite ongoing research
into the threat confirmed by the...
Global chocolate supplier Barry Callebaut said that recent
acquisitions had boosted its six month figures, with net profit
showing double-digit growth. But low cocoa prices affected
activities at the processing arm of the company.
The world's top supplier of industrial chocolate to the
confectionery industry delivered a solid set of first quarter
figures yesterday with net profit rising by 17 per cent, boosted by
the integration of recently acquired US...
Indonesia's ambition to become the world's largest cocoa producer
by 2010 could wreak havoc on the global market, even if its beans
do not make it into the top grade, analysts said.
Industry reports of leading Ivory Coast cocoa exporter Archer
Daniels Midland (ADM) cutting capacity at its processing plant
there were taken stride Wednesday as analysts said it was just the
result of an industry trend that made...
ADM Cocoa, a leading processor of cocoa beans, has acquired part of
the cocoa assets of Sifca, the Ivory Coast's main trader and
producer of cocoa, coffee and sugar.
In the US, a new legislation is in the work for food labels that
would let consumers know where the chocolate comes from and if it's
grown using child...
ADM Cocoa has announced its capability to supply tailor-made
speciality cocoa liquor to chocolate manufacturers worldwide, with
consistency and accuracy...
