Ghana’s 2012 cocoa season opens July 13

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) on Friday announced the commencement of purchases for the 2012 light crop cocoa season from Friday, July 13.

A statement issued by Mr Anthony Fofie, Chief Executive of COCOBOD in Accra copied to Ghana News Agency said the producer price to be paid at all buying centres was GH¢97.62 per load of 30 kilogrammes for grade One and Two cocoa beans naked ex-scale or GH¢205 per bag of 64 kilogrammes.

A tonne of 16 bags is GH¢3,280.

GNA