
Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23) on Tuesday closed +44 (+1.22%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23) closed +51 (+1.75%).
Cocoa prices Tuesday settled moderately higher, with Dec NY cocoa posting a contract high. Smaller cocoa supplies from the Ivory Coast are bullish for prices. Ivory Coast farmers shipped 2.35 MMT of cocoa from Oct 1-Sep 3, down -3.3% y/y. The Ivory Coast is the world's largest cocoa producer. Also, ICE monitored cocoa inventories held in U.S. ports have steadily declined over the past three months to a 5-1/2 month low Tuesday.