Challenges & Material Risks
Exporters
Cocoa traceability gaps meet a dry-spell test in Côte d’Ivoire
An October 7 analysis of chocolate companies’ cocoa sourcing puts farm-level provenance back under scrutiny as poor rainfall threatens Côte d’Ivoire’s main crop. EU operators face EUDR due-diligence requirements from December 30, but a reported readiness gap is not yet an enforcement finding.