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Rich Asplund

Cocoa Prices Finish Sharply Higher on Excessive Dryness in West Africa

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) Tuesday closed up +417 (+4.29%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed up +261 (+3.35%).

Cocoa prices rallied sharply on Tuesday on insufficient rain in West Africa.  Cocoa farmers in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world's two biggest cocoa-producing countries, said rain over the past two weeks has been insufficient for tree regeneration and flowering.

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