Accra, June 5, GNA – The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says the purchases for the Light Crop cocoa season will commence on Friday, June 16, 2023.
In a news brief, Cocobod said the producer price to be paid at all buying centres would be GH₵384 per load of 30 kilograms for Grade I and II cocoa beans naked ex-scale or GH₵ 800 per bag of 64 kilograms gross.
“A tonne of 16 bags is GH₵12,800,” it said.
Purchases for the main crop season ended on Thursday, May 25, 2023, with returns on declared purchases allowed till June 1, 2023.
GNA