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Ghana's cocoa price rise risks more smuggling
A proposed 6 percent rise in what Ghana pays its cocoa farmers would leave it paying roughly 75 percent more than Ivory Coast, reviving fears of beans crossing the border.
Ghana cocoa price hike of 6% would widen gap with Ivory Coast
The proposal still needs the finance minister's signature, and it lands as Ivory Coast holds its own price at 1,200 CFA francs a kilo, three months after both promised to align.
Olive oil prices sit low as Spain's next crop wobbles
Extra virgin is trading around four euros a kilo at origin while early field data points to a sharp fall in flowering fertility for the 2026/27 harvest.
Arabica coffee prices fall 10% in a month as Brazil catches up
The contract closed at 292.9 cents a pound on 4 September, down more than a tenth in thirty days, with a record global crop forecast for the coming season.
Cocoa crop forecasts fall across Ivory Coast and Ghana
The Ivorian main harvest opens this month with early surveys pointing to 1.8 million tonnes, down about 18%, while Ghana's regulator has cut its own range by a third.
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