NY cocoa, coffee rally on short covering; sugar down

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Cocoa and coffee prices jumped in New York on Monday as shorts raced to cover their positions, with renewed violence in t... Read more »

NY cocoa ends at 6-1/2-mth high, sugar hits 5-week low

Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S. cocoa futures closed at their highest level in 6-1/2 months on Tuesday, on short-covering and active September/Decemb... Read more »

NY cocoa ends firm but off 4-1/2-mth high, sugar eases

Aug 3 (Reuters) - U.S. cocoa futures closed firm on Friday, but pared gains after hitting the highest level in 4-1/2 months as bullish optio... Read more »

NY sugar ends at 4-week low, coffee and cocoa also drop

Aug 2 (Reuters) - Raw sugar futures dropped more than 2 percent to close at a four-week low on Thursday on late fund sales as investors were... Read more »

Asia Softs-Sugar premiums at 2-yr high; Tokyo rubber set to rise

* Thai raw premiums seen at 300 to 320 points * Tokyo rubber may trade in 230 to 250 yen/kg range * Indonesian coffee differentials coul... Read more »

West African Cocoa Premium Is Said To Hold Steady Over Past Week

The premium paid in Europe for cocoa from Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world’s largest growers, was steady in the past week, according to thre... Read more »

Asia Cocoa-Bean counts fair; butter ratios edge down

Reuters - SINGAPORE: Cocoa harvests gained pace in Indonesia despite worries about quality, while butter prices weakened further as shipment... Read more »

Asia Cocoa-Bean counts fair; butter ratios edge down

Reuters - SINGAPORE: Cocoa harvests gained pace in Indonesia despite worries about quality, while butter prices weakened further as shipment... Read more »

Coffee, Cocoa, Orange Juice Advance; Sugar Declines in New York

Arabica coffee jumped to a two-week high on concern that output in Brazil , the world’s biggest producer, may drop because of adverse weathe... Read more »

Mars says 10 pct of cocoa sustainable this year

* Chocolate maker wants all cocoa sustainable by 2020 * Working with Rainforest Alliance, UTZ Good Inside ABIDJAN, June 30 (Reuters) - C... Read more »

Heavy rain puts Ivorian cocoa quality under threat

Questions have been raised about the quality of the cocoa crop in the Ivory Coast following heavy rainfall in the region. There are report... Read more »

Ghana cocoa main crop tops 900,000 T: Cocobod

By Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA (Reuters) - The provisional tally for Ghana's 2010-11 cocoa main crop purchases reached a record 904,000 tonnes, ... Read more »

Indonesia: Cocoa Exports in May below Expectations

TEMPO Interactive , Jakarta :The Indonesian Cocoa Association (Askindo) Chairman, Zulhefi Sikumbang estimated that cocoa exports in May was ... Read more »

Malaysia: Cocoa products exports to increase to RM4.5 bln this year

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s cocoa products exports are expected to increase to RM4.5 billion this year from RM4.2 billion last year, says Plant... Read more »

Ivory Coast should export 50,000 T cocoa in May: BCC

By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast should be able to export around 50,000 tonnes of cocoa this month, after exports that had bee... Read more »

Nigeria Cocoa Prices Fall 28% in 2 Months on Slowing Light Crop Demand

Cocoa prices received by farmers in Nigeria , the world’s fourth-largest producer, fell by as much as 28 percent from a record high two mont... Read more »

Europe cocoa: Sell-off, fresh shipments weigh on prices

* Ivory Coat shipments to resume on Saturday * Market bearish -traders * Worries over long-term effects of Ivory Coast conflict AMSTER... Read more »

Cocoa Futures Fall Most in Five Weeks; Sugar, Coffee Decline

Cocoa tumbled the most in five weeks in New York on bets that a large crop in West Africa will add to supplies boosted by the resumption of... Read more »

Cocoa Supplies Will Outpace Usage by 200,000 Tons, Armajaro Says

Cocoa supplies will outpace demand by 200,000 metric tons in the current crop year, according to Armajaro Trading Ltd., the agricultural-com... Read more »

Peru’s cocoa exports up 40.5%

Peruvian customs statistics show the country’s cocoa bean sales were 40.5% higher in the first three months of 2011 compared to the same per... Read more »