
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK23) on Tuesday closed down -1 (-0.03%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK23) closed down -1 (-0.05%).
Cocoa prices Tuesday closed slightly lower as prices consolidated Monday's rally when NY cocoa posted a 2-1/4 year nearest-futures high and London cocoa posted a 3-1/2 month high. Cocoa prices rallied on reduced cocoa supplies from the Ivory Coast. Monday's government data showed that Ivory Coast farmers sent a cumulative 1.78 MMT of cocoa to Ivory Coast ports for the 2022/23 marketing year (October 1 through March 26), down -3.8% y/y. The Ivory Coast is the largest cocoa producer in the world.