date:Feb 24, 2014
used to make chocolate, peaked on Thursday at $2,997 in New York, hitting a level last seen in September 2011. Dry weather in West Africa ... could stress trees and hurt midcrop production, noted Jack Scoville, analyst at brokers Price Futures Group. By Friday on Liffe, London's futures exchange, cocoa for delivery in May stood at 1,843 a tonne compared with 1,851 a week earlier. On the ICE Futures US exchange, cocoa for May traded at $2,973 a tonne compared with $2,959.
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