Nevertheless, short-term supply from Ghana and the Ivory Coast, the largest producers of cocoa, have been higher-than-expected this year.
“The Ivory Coast has seen abundant rainfall in recent weeks, increasing expectations of a strong mid-crop, the smaller of the two crops harvested annually,” Corrina Savage, commodities analyst at research firm Mintec, said in the FT article.
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Max Chen contributed to this article.