
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK23) on Friday closed up +16 (+0.56%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK23) closed up +16 (+0.75%).
Cocoa prices Friday closed moderately higher, with NY cocoa posting a 2-1/4 year nearest-futures high. A monthly report from the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) Friday boosted prices after the report said cocoa exports from the Ivory Coast fell -9.3% y/y to 530,314 MT between October and January, citing "the detrimental effects of cocoa-related diseases like the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease."