2023 light cocoa season opens
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says the purchases for the Light Crop cocoa season will commence on Friday June 16, 2023.
In a news brief, COCOBOD said the producer price to be paid at all buying centres would be GH¢384 per load of 30 kilograms for Grade I and II cocoa beans naked ex-scale or GH¢800 per bag of 64 kilograms gross.
“A tonne of 16 bags is GH¢12,800,” it said.
Purchases for the main crop season ended on Thursday May 25, 2023, with returns on declared purchases allowed till June 1, 2023.
Source: GNA