Combating fraudulent cocoa bean exports in Cameroon

• Posted on 2024-09-25
• Exportation CACAO

The Director General of Customs (DGD), Mr. Fongod Edwin Nuvaga, signed a memo on Wednesday 11 September 2024 reminding the public about the procedures for exporting cocoa beans by land and waterways in Cameroon.

Despite the surveillance system put in place by the local authorities, statistics from the National Cocoa and Coffee Board (ONCC) show that Cameroon fraudulently exported 70,000 tonnes of cocoa beans to Nigeria, representing 26.2% of national production estimated at 266,725 tonnes... Read more

Cameroon chairs International Cocoa Council for the 2024/2025 cocoa season

• Posted on 2024-09-23
• CACAO

In a release signed by the Minister of Trade and published on 20 September 2024, the Group of Cocoa Producing Countries of the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) unanimously decided that Cameroon will head the International Cocoa Council for the 2024/2025 cocoa season.

This decision will be ratified by the International Cocoa Council, which brings together producing and importing countries, at its 110th session to hold in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from 23 to 26 September.

This... Read more