What is the new cocoa price in Ghana?

COCOBOD set the producer price for the 2026/27 season at GH¢42,400 per tonne, or GH¢2,650 per 64 kg bag, gross weight, from 25 September 2026. That is up GH¢1,008 a tonne (2.4%) on the previous price.

How much is a bag of cocoa in Ghana?

GH¢2,650 for a 64 kg bag at the 2026/27 producer price. COCOBOD prices a bag at one sixteenth of the tonne price (GH¢42,400 divided by 16), and quotes the same price per 30 kg load as well.

Why did the price fall in February 2026?

COCOBOD cut the producer price to GH¢41,392 per tonne from 12 February 2026, down GH¢16,608 a tonne (28.6%) on the previous price, in a release titled "Press release on cocoa sector reforms for financial viability and long-term sustainability". The release is linked in the table. Anansi's platform holds COCOBOD's releases in full, so you can ask what they say about the reasons.

Is this the farmgate price, or the world cocoa price?

It is the producer price COCOBOD announces for Grade I and II cocoa beans at the buying centres: the price paid to farmers. It is not the international futures price, which moves daily on the exchange. Anansi tracks ICE cocoa futures separately, and the producer price is the only farmgate price it holds.

Where does the data come from?

From COCOBOD's own press releases on cocobod.gh. Each row links to the release that announced or confirmed the price, and the date is the effective date the release states, or its release date where it states none.

Data · Cocoa

Ghana's cocoa producer price, season by season.

COCOBOD set the 2026/27 producer price at GH¢42,400 per tonne, GH¢2,650 per 64 kg bag, from 25 September 2026. Here is every announcement Anansi holds since 2020/21, mid-season reviews included, free to download as a CSV.

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Updated: 18 October 2026
Format: CSV download, free
Source: Source: Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) press releases

2026/27 price per tonne: GH¢42,400; From 25 Sep 2026
Per 64 kg bag: GH¢2,650; One sixteenth of the tonne price
Last change: +2.4%; +1,008 cedis a tonne from 25 Sep 2026
Highest price announced: GH¢58,000; 2025/26, from 3 Oct 2025

Chart

5.5 times the 2020/21 price at its peak.

The producer price per tonne from 1 Oct 2020, stepping at each announcement.

GH¢ per tonne, Grade I and II beans at the buying centres. Each step is a COCOBOD announcement. A dashed line crosses a period where an announcement is not in Anansi's series. Source: COCOBOD.

The data

Every announcement Anansi holds.

Newest first. Each date links to the COCOBOD release; restatements of an unchanged price are kept, because they confirm the price still stood.

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Ghana cocoa producer price announcements, 2020/21 to 2026/27: GH¢ per tonne, per 64 kg bag, and the change on the previous announcement.
Date	Season	Per tonneGH¢	Per bagGH¢, 64 kg	ChangeGH¢ a tonne
25 Sep 2026Effective	2026/27	42,400	2,650.00	+1,008+2.4%
12 Jun 2026Release date	2025/26	41,392	2,587.00	00.0%
12 Feb 2026Effective	2025/26	41,392	2,587.00	−16,608−28.6%
3 Oct 2025Effective	2025/26	58,000	3,625.00	+6,340+12.3%
7 Aug 2025Effective	2025/26	51,660	3,228.75	+2,060+4.2%
30 Jun 2025Release date	2024/25	49,600	3,100.00	00.0%
8 Nov 2024Effective	2024/25	49,600	3,100.00	+1,600+3.3%
11 Sep 2024Effective	2024/25	48,000	3,000.00	+14,880+44.9%
21 Jun 2024Effective	2023/24	33,120	2,070.00	00.0%
5 Apr 2024Effective	2023/24	33,120	2,070.00	n/asee gap
COCOBOD's announced price of GH¢20,928 per tonne from 8 September 2023 is not yet in Anansi's series.
7 Oct 2022Effective	2022/23	12,800	800.00	+2,240+21.2%
8 Oct 2021Effective	2021/22	10,560	660.00	00.0%
1 Oct 2020Effective	2020/21	10,560	660.00	First

Effective: the date the release says the price applies from. Release date: the release states no date, so its publication date is used.
Where an announcement is missing from Anansi's series, the change on the next row is not computed (n/a).

Method

How the data is built.

The producer price is the price COCOBOD announces for Grade I and II cocoa beans at all buying centres. It is set for each crop season, usually at the opening of the main crop, and is sometimes reviewed during the season.

Each row is one COCOBOD announcement Anansi holds: a season opening, a mid-season review, or a release confirming the price is unchanged. Anansi takes the price from the release itself and checks it against the other units the release quotes, per bag and per load.

Per-bag prices are as COCOBOD announced them: a 64 kg bag, gross weight, at one sixteenth of the tonne price.

The table shows the announcements Anansi holds and marks the ones it does not, rather than filling them in. COCOBOD's announced price of GH¢20,928 per tonne from 8 September 2023 is not yet in Anansi's series.

Sources

1
COCOBOD · 25 Sep 2026
Review of the producer price of cocoa for the 2026/27 cocoa season
2
COCOBOD · 12 Feb 2026
Press release on cocoa sector reforms for financial viability and long-term sustainability
3
COCOBOD · 24 Sep 2020
Cocoa producer price goes up 28% from GH₵515 to GH₵660 per bag

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Get the full dataset.

The CSV has every announcement in the table, with the release behind each one.

13 announcements, 2020/21 to 2026/27
The price per tonne and per 64 kg bag, and the change on the previous announcement in cedis and per cent
The effective date, season, release title, release date and link on every row
Announcements missing from Anansi's series, listed with a note

ghana-cocoa-producer-price.csv · One row per announcement · Free · Updated 18 Oct 2026

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