Domestic processing of cocoa hit 300,000 tonnes in the 2017/2018 cocoa season, a 19 per cent jump from the 252,000 tonnes processed the previous season.

According to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the rise in domestic processing this season was due mainly to the board supporting some of the processing companies to revamp their operations to grind more beans.

The increase brings to 34% of the total volume of annual cocoa output averaging 900,000 tonnes that is processed locally.

Government on course

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of COCOBOD, Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, told the Daily Graphic last Sunday that the board was on course to meeting the 2022 target of processing a minimum of 50 per cent of cocoa output locally.

He attributed the achievement to increased utilisation of the existing capacities of domestic cocoa processors, COCOBOD’s support to the grinders and the offering of beans on credit to some of the processors.

“In the case of the Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC), we established an Escrow Account so that after processing and sales, they lodge the money into the account for us to take the money meant for the beans. The rest can then be used for settling other costs of processing,” he said.

Impact on volumes

Mr. Aidoo said consequent to those arrangements and other support schemes granted other companies, the CPC and Niche Cocoa, both indigenous processors, and BD Associates became the main drivers of the 19 per cent growth in volumes processed.

He said data showed that while the CPC and Niche Cocoa grew their actual processed amounts by 119 per cent and 39 per cent, respectively, during the period, BD Associates processed 78 per cent more cocoa.

BD Associates, which is a subsidiary of BD UK, recently expanded its installed capacity from 12,000 tonnes per annum to 30,000 tonnes per annum.

COCOBOD finances

Mr. Aidoo revealed that some of the processors were hesitant in processing beans from the main crop season, a period when more beans were produced and sold at premium prices on the international market, due to the cost associated.

That challenge, he said, was being addressed by a range of strategies that could include discounting the main crop for the processors.

Asked if that would not impact negatively on COCOBOD’s finances, the CEO answered in the affirmative.

“Discounting it will put some pressure on us because when you buy it from the farmers, it is not discounted. So, if we decide to discount it, as we do with the light crop beans, then that is a cost to COCOBOD, but it is a government decision to encourage domestic processing,” he explained.

CPC confirms

The Managing Director of the CPC, Nana Agyenim Boateng, confirmed in an interview that the company improved upon its previous performance in the 2017/18 season.

He said unlike previous seasons when the CPC was only toiling for Tuoton, another cocoa processor, “for the first time in 53 years the CPC did 25,089 tonnes and that is because of the support we got from COCOBOD”.

“Previously, there were no beans to process because COCOBOD was not prepared to support us, but now the government has stepped in and it is helping,” he said.

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