Combined with the accumulation of 40,446 tonnes of unsold stock in storage warehouses, the decline in commercially available production, which fell to 247,914 tonnes from 309,518 tonnes a year earlier, explains the drop in available supply. 

Furthermore, the collapse of FOB prices at the Douala maritime terminal, now fluctuating between 1,520 and 3,110 FCFA per kilogram, has impacted profits by reducing the global market value from 1,074.6 billion to 400.9 billion FCFA, a decline of 63%. 


Despite this unfavorable context, Telcar Cocoa regains the lead in the market with 40,631 tonnes shipped (32.4% of shares), ahead of Ofi Cam with 24,394 tonnes (19.44%), while SBET ranks third with 23,223 tonnes (18.5%).


Geographically, continental European factories capture 84.62% of outgoing volumes (113,528 tonnes), followed by Asian processors absorbing 19,107 tonnes (14%). This decline in export revenues calls into question the status of raw cocoa beans as the country’s top foreign exchange earner, a position held in 2025 when cocoa generated 26.3% of national financial inflows, ahead of hydrocarbons.

This decline in local processing and gross sales forces economic operators to revise their forecasts for the current fiscal year.


The reconquest of foreign markets will depend on the authorities’ ability to revitalize the national orchard to stabilize rural producers’ incomes.


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