
March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) Wednesday closed up +371 (+3.26%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed up +152 (+1.68%).
Cocoa prices jumped Wednesday on the outlook for the global cocoa deficit to widen. Last Friday, the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) said a survey of global cocoa stockpiles at the end of the 2023/24 season was at 1.041 MMT, down -36% y/y and lower than a previous estimate of 1.300 MMT. The survey signals that the ICO's 2023/24 global cocoa deficit estimate of -478,000 MT may be even more significant than initially projected.