World’s second-largest cocoa producer targets UAE, Saudi buyers as global cocoa market heads toward $26.2 billion

Ghana has secured offtake commitments from buyers in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for semi-finished cocoa products, opening a new Gulf route for Africa’s second-largest cocoa producer as it seeks to shift more export earnings from raw beans to processed cocoa in a global cocoa market projected to reach $26.2 billion by 2035.