
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK24) this morning is up +60 (+1.00%), and Mar ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH24) is up +113 (+2.07%).
This morning, Cocoa prices recovered from early losses and moved higher after the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) projected that the global 2023/24 cocoa deficit would widen to -374,000 MT from -74,000 MT in 2022/23. The ICCO also projects global cocoa production in 2023/24 will fall by 11% y/y to 4.45 MMT, and global cocoa grindings will fall by nearly 5%.