July ICE NY cocoa (CCN26) today is down -42 (-1.02%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN26) is down -36 (-1.15%). Cocoa prices came under pressure today on chocolate demand concerns after Barry Callebaut, the world’s seventh largest chocolate maker by revenue, provided updated guidance that suggests a slower recovery in sales volumes than previously assumed.
Cocoa prices are also under pressure from rising inventories. ICE cocoa inventories rose to a 1.75-year high of 2,892,863 bags on Tuesday.