Maintaining such remuneration at production instills measured optimism among producers, while major flows of the new harvest are not expected until the end of the year.

An appreciable logistical safety stock enables the feeding of initial commercialization channels thanks to residual volumes from the previous period.


Official data thus record a surplus of 40,446 tonnes of unsold beans at the end of the 2025-2026 season, surpassing the 13,946 tonnes stocked a year earlier. Mobilizing these accumulated reserves injects indispensable fluidity into transactions while awaiting the arrival of fresh pods on the market.

The decline in export revenues recorded at the close of the last campaign illustrates the sector's vulnerability to global market fluctuations. The Port of Douala validated cocoa bean exports valued at 400.9 billion FCFA for the season ending in July 2026, reflecting a sharp contraction of 63% compared to the 1,074.6 billion FCFA earned during the preceding record period.


Combined with a reduction in shipped volumes and a retreat in international prices, this decline in foreign exchange inflows urges authorities to urgently consolidate local processing to sustainably secure Cameroonian producers' margins.


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