
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24) Tuesday closed down -77 (-1.05%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24) closed down -118 (-2.04%).
Cocoa prices on Tuesday were under pressure for a second day as the pace of the Ivory Coast cocoa harvest accelerated. Monday's government data showed that Ivory Coast farmers shipped 365,072 MT of cocoa to ports from October 1 to November 3, up +26% from 288,686 MT shipped the same time last year. The Ivory Coast is the world's largest cocoa producer.