Accelerate your bean procurement before high humidity destroys crop quality at southern ports. Moisture levels topped 81 percent in Abidjan and San Pedro while producers demand higher farmgate prices. Natural drying is failing and regulatory pressure to clear residual quotas will disrupt your normal supply chains. Enforce strict quality controls at buying stations and utilize forced drying to protect your contracted volumes.
Watch: Sean Hagarty breaks down the Ivory Coast cocoa crisis -- union port blockades, price collapse, and Ghana smuggling arbitrage.
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