date:Mar 06, 2019
rters estimated on Monday, up about 10 percent year on year.
* A neutral supply and demand outlook for the 2018-19 crop has kept cocoa prices within a familiar range for the past six months, said Eric Bergman, vice president at JSG Commodities.
A combination of good weather over the summer months and during the Harmattan period helped boost production in West Africa by a wide enough margin to keep the market in surplus for the current year, Bergman said.
* May London cocoa settled down 47 pou