The government has increased its efforts in recent years to promote cocoa processing and create more added value at the local level. Thus, between October and the end of March, 300,000 tons of cocoa were ground.

The incentive measures developed for processors are bearing fruit. The cocoa processing segment performed well for the main 2020/2021 campaign. According to the latest data from the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), the industry ground 293,000 tonnes of beans between October 1, 2020 and March 31, an increase of 4% compared to the volume processed a year earlier. early over the same period (282,000 tonnes). This performance reflects a peak of 52,000 tonnes last January, the highest level since 2012.