Buy Cocoa From Nigeria
Cocoa
Sector Information
Nigeria is a leading player in the global cocoa industry. We are the fourth largest producer, covering 6.5% share of global production. The production is projected to grow by 4% per annum in coming years. We are, with over 700 million USD, also the fourth largest exporter of cocoa beans worldwide.
Nigeria’s climate supports production and supply of cocoa beans from October to June. This is a relatively long cocoa production period where1.4 million hectares of farmland is cultivated. Herewith, our country can always guarantee supply.
Nigerian cocoa boast excellent qualities such as:
- good bean count
- low slatey
- low mould
- and strong aromatic and smoother flavor
Reasons to Buy Nigerian Cocoa
Nigeria is a major exporter of premium quality raw cocoa beans renowned for its aromatic and smoother flavor, because of the variety stock from which it originates.
We can guarantee a reliable and sustainable supply base. Our large production base is reflected in being the fourth largest producer worldwide.
Our liberal cocoa market stimulates competition. This leads to competitive prices in the international market, compared to other significant regional suppliers.
We are in large development of substantial cocoa processing capacity. Our capacity of value-added products such as cocoa butter, powder, liquor, paste and cake becomes larger and larger.
Nigerian cocoa is ethically sourced with a strong advocacy in the sector against the use of child labour.
Trade Performance
Cocoa beans account for almost 90% of the 804 million USD of Nigerian cocoa exports. Cocoa butter and cocoa paste are also exported quite significantly (respectively 67 million and 28 million USD). Find more about the trade performance of our beans in the graphs below.
Role of Nigeria Embassy
The Nigerian Embassy widely supports trade from Nigeria. Key activities include:
The Nigerian Embassy provides prospective buyers with information on reliable sources exporters.
Being able to authenticate the export credentials of a company is a very important step in establishing confidence. The Nigerian Embassy provides service of verifying the exporters’ certificate
Where location of products is important to a buyer, a display of geographical locations of products in states/regions in Nigeria is available. A buyer can have a firsthand view of the products available in different parts of the country.
- The Nigerian Embassy presents opportunities for face to face/Online contact between Nigerian sellers and international buyers of made in Nigeria products.