New cocoa producer price takes effect Friday

The new producer price of cocoa for the remainder of the 2025/26 cocoa season will take effect from Friday, February 13, 2026.

This follows an upward review of the producer price to GH¢41,392.00 per tonne.

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A statement issued to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday said the new price would apply to all cocoa purchased nationwide for the rest of the 2025/26 crop year.

It said under the revised pricing structure, the producer price to be paid at all buying centres was GH¢1,241.76 per load of 30 kilogrammes of Grade I and II cocoa beans naked ex-scale.

The statement further explained that the approved price per bag of 64 kilogrammes gross was GH¢2,587.00.

It noted that a tonne of cocoa, comprising 16 bags, now attracted a total payment of GH¢41,392.00.

GNA