Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, has authorised 102 companies and cooperatives to buy and export cocoa and coffee in the 2022/23 season, according to a document from the Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
The list includes 52 export companies, 41 cooperatives and nine grinding companies, according to the note signed by the head of the CCC, the industry regulator, on Sept. 9.
They include the major traders and chocolate makers Olam, CEMOI, Barry Callebaut, Touton, Sucden, Nestlé and Cargill. The full list is below.
Last year, Ivory Coast authorised 106 buyers and exporters.
Ivory Coast's annual cocoa production is about 2.2 million tonnes. The 2022/23 season will start on 1 October.
Companies
AFCOTRADE TRADING
AFRICA SOURCING
AGRO WEST AFRICA
AGRICOM
AKAGNY CACAO
ASONDO CACAO
AWAHUS SERVICES
BARRY CALLEBAUT (Switzerland)
BICAO
CAP
*CARGILL COCOA (USA)
CARGILL WEST AFRICA- CARGILL
*CEMOI CHOCOLAT- SWEET PRODUCTS (Belgium)
CEMOI COTE D’IVOIRE
CEMOI TRADING
CENTRAL INDUSTRIE
CICOM
CITRAC
COEXCI
COMPAGNIE CACAOYERE DU BANDAMAN
CYRIAN INTERNATIONAL
DESTINY COCOA SAU
ECORIGINE
ETCCI
EXPLOIT COMMODITIES
FILDISI COCO INDUSTRY
*GCB COCOA
GCB COCOA TRADING
IVCAO
IVCOM
*IVORY COCOA PRODUCT
KANSO KASSEM
KINEDEN COMMODITIES
NEDEX
NESTLÉ (Switzerland)
OCEAN
*OLAM COCOA PROCESSING (Singapore)
OUTSPAN IVOIRE-OLAM OFI
*PLOT ENTREPRISE
PROFESSIONAL FOOD INDUSTRY
PROMONT (Switzerland)
PURATOS (Belgium)
QUANG THIEM IMEX (Indonesia)
S3C
SACC
*SACO-BARRY CALLEBAUT
SCACC
SIVACO
SONEMAT
STNC
SUCAFINA (Switzerland)
SUCDEN- SUCRE ET DENREE (France)
SUSCOM
SUTEC
*TAFI
TAN IVOIRE
TOUTON NEGOCE (France)
*TRANSCAO
TRANSCAO NEGOCE
VALENCY INTERNATIONAL TRADING
ZAMACOM- ECOM AGRO TRADING (Switzerland)
Co-operatives
CAADA COOP CA
CADB COOP CA
CABF COOP CA
CAREPCI COOP CA
CASB SCOOP
CAYAT COOP CA
CAY WANDA COOP CA
CHIGATA COOP CA
CNEK COOP CA
COOPAAHS COOP CA
COOPAD COOP CA
COOP CA ENTENTE DE GUIGLO
COOP CA YAWOUBE
ECAKOOG COOP CA
ECAMOI COOP CA
ECAMOM COOP CA
ECAPR COOP CA
ECOOKIM COOP CA
ECOOPAG COOP CA
ECOOPEXAS SCOOPS
ECPAD SCOOPS
NCB COOP CA
PLAZA COOP CA
SCAA COOP CA
SCAEDA COOP CA
SCANZUE COOP CA
SCOABIA COOP CA
SCOOPECO COOP CA
SOCAAN COOP CA
SOCACI COOP CA
SOCAGC SCOOPS
SOCAK KATANA COOP CA
SOCAT COOP CA
SOCODD SCOOPS
SOCODEMI COOP CA
SOPLAD COOP CA
TIBONI COOP CA
U. INTER. CC. CI COOP CA
UPRAD COOP CA
WAGAJACA COOP CA
(* is for cocoa bean grinders in Ivory Coast)
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