The meeting brings together officials from the National Office of Cocoa and Coffee, the Fund for the Development of Sectors, and the Interprofessional Council to address the financial imbalances that weaken family farms in the face of international market demands.

The debates highlight the contrast between the installed industrial capacity and the economic vulnerability of primary production. Cameroon has a processing potential of 250,000 tons, equivalent to the total volume marketed during the 2025/2026 campaign. This flow is added to the pressure exerted by the neighboring Nigerian factories, whose grinding infrastructure absorbs nearly 200,000 tons. This configuration fuels cross-border leaks of raw materials and questions the effectiveness of tax advantages granted by the public treasury to local grinders in the absence of direct benefits on farm prices.

The executive intends to use the conclusions of this tripartite consultation to define the regulatory axes of the 2026/2027 cocoa campaign, set for August 6, 2026. By conditioning the maintenance of customs favor regimes to guarantees on the purchase price grid for producers, the State seeks to stabilize the national supply and secure a key sector for the country's external payment balance.


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