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Analysts say EU debt crises could lead to cocoa price hike

24-Nov-2011

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Goldman Sachs has forecast cocoa prices to climb 12% in the next three months as West African cocoa harvests slide and the EU debt crisis continues, according to reports.

Analysts from Marex Spectron also said that they expected global supply to decline 7.7% in the year to September.

They warned that the EU economy could seriously impact cocoa grinds.

Jonathan Parkman, head of agriculture at Marex in London, told Bloomberg: “If the situation in Europe affects other major economies in the world more than we currently expect, we could then see weaker grindings.”

“I wouldn’t rule out having this conversation in a year’s time, looking back to find that cocoa grindings were actually down,” he said.