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Rich Asplund

Demand Fears and Rising Supplies Weigh on Cocoa Prices

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN26) on Thursday closed down -107 (-2.63%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN26) closed down -68 (-2.21%). Chocolate demand concerns are weighing on cocoa prices after Barry Callebaut, the world’s seventh-largest chocolate maker by revenue, provided updated guidance this week that suggests a slower recovery in sales volumes than previously assumed.

Cocoa prices are also under pressure from rising inventories. ICE cocoa inventories rose to a 1.75-year high of 2,913,278 bags on Wednesday.

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