{"id":170054,"date":"2020-05-06T10:45:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T14:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=170054"},"modified":"2020-05-06T07:31:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T11:31:30","slug":"cocoa-analysis-cocoa-harvest-in-west-africa-may-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2020\/05\/cocoa-analysis-cocoa-harvest-in-west-africa-may-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"COCOA Analysis: Cocoa harvest in West Africa may decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-864915087\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">May 6, 2020<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifcmarkets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IFCMarkets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cocoa harvest in West Africa may decline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"emailSummary\">According to the Council, the cocoa harvest in Ghana will amount to 780 thousand tons, which is less than its October forecast of 800 thousand tons. From October to mid-April, cocoa exports from Ghana fell by 0.9% over the same period of the previous season. Ghana is the 2nd largest cocoa producer in the world after C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire. Together, these two countries provide slightly less than 70% of the global cocoa crop. From October to early May, cocoa exports from C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire amounted to 1.89 million tons, which is only 1.1% more than in the same period last season. Meanwhile, quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic has caused an increase in demand for chocolate products. According to the US marketing agency Nielsen, chocolate and cocoa sales in the United States since the beginning of the year increased by 5.7%. The European Cocoa Association reported an increase in cocoa processing in Europe in the 1st quarter of 2020 by 0.9% to 373.6 thousand tons compared to last year. This is the maximum volume observed in the 1st quarter since 2003. Note that cocoa quotes are highly dependent on the weather in West Africa.<\/p>\n<table class=\"analys_tbl\" style=\"padding: 5px 0; border: 1px solid #698da6; border-collapse: collapse;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" align=\"center\">\n<thead id=\"datapart\">\n<tr>\n<th>Indicator<\/th>\n<th>VALUE<\/th>\n<th>Signal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">RSI<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"indicator-signal\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">Neutral<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">MACD<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"indicator-signal\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">Buy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">MA(200)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"indicator-signal\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">Neutral<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">Fractals<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"indicator-signal\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">Neutral<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">Parabolic SAR<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"indicator-signal\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">Buy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">Bollinger Bands<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"indicator-signal\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\">Buy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"emailSummary\">Summary of technical analysis<\/h2>\n<table class=\"recommendation\" style=\"padding: 5px 0; border: 1px solid #698da6; border-collapse: collapse;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><b>Order<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Buy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><b>Buy stop<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Above 2420<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><b>Stop loss<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #698da6; padding: 5px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Below 2200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Market Analysis provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifcmarkets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IFCMarkets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By IFCMarkets Cocoa harvest in West Africa may decline According to the Council, the cocoa harvest in Ghana will amount to 780 thousand tons, which is less than its October forecast of 800 thousand tons. From October to mid-April, cocoa exports from Ghana fell by 0.9% over the same period of the previous season. 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