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Ivory Coast sets new cocoa price ahead of upcoming elections
President Alassane Ouattara has announced a record-high farm gate price for cocoa, setting the cost at 2,800 CFA francs (4.26 euros) per kilogram for the upcoming main harvest, ahead of presidential election on October 25 in which Mr. Ouattara is a candidate, seeking a fourth term.
In Côte d'Ivoire, the margin-field price of cocoa is on the rise for the 2025-2026 campaign: it was set Wednesday evening at 2,800 CFA francs/kg (about 4.27 euros). The announcement was made by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, in an atmosphere that already prefigures the electoral campaign.
If the Ivorian cocoa campaign 2025-2026 opened with a purchase price to the record planters, at 2,800 CFA francs per kilo, Abidjan has to deal with an adverse environment, marked by the difficulties of its neighbour, which could lose its place as the world's second-largest producer for the benefit of Ecuador.
For the marketing year 2025-2025, cocoa at 2,800F/Kg and coffee at 1,700F/Kg. The announcement was made this Wednesday, October 1, 2025, by the President of the Republic, Alassane Ouattara, during the opening ceremony of the marketing campaign of the coffee-cacao, at the Parc des Expositions, in the presence of many producers
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