Tea, Coffee & Cocoa – Trade & Market Updates

Cameroon’s cocoa sector recorded lower marketed production, rising inventories and weaker international prices during the 2025-26 season, sharply reducing export volumes and earnings.

KTDA Chairman Enos Njeru says factory borrowing is largely linked to operations, investments and expansion, while financial needs vary across the tea sector.

Stronger margins and improved profitability at 3corações helped Strauss offset lower coffee sales caused by currency pressures and falling green coffee prices.

The directive comes ahead of a new cocoa financing model that COCOBOD says will improve liquidity, speed up payments and support domestic processing.

Telcar more than doubled its export share after a sharp decline the previous season, while Cameroon’s total cocoa shipments and export earnings fell significantly.