Tea, Coffee & Cocoa – Trade & Market Updates

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire receive higher living-income reference prices as the global cocoa market faces changing production, demand and weather conditions.

Limuru Tea recorded its highest first-half revenue since 2010 and a record 492 tonnes of made tea, but rising labour costs continued to weigh on profitability.

The Cocoa RepubliQ project has planted more than 40,000 cocoa seedlings as investors take possession of allocated plantation plots in Ogun State.

Farmers’ representatives say Ghana’s new cocoa legislation fails to address structural weaknesses and could prolong the country’s dependence on raw bean exports.

Ghana’s cocoa regulator faces mounting short-term obligations as inventories and payables rise, while plans emerge to restructure its debt and financing model.