Cocoa Shortage 2024 Calendario. A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in côte d'ivoire and ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. Business | a failed crop rattled the chocolate industry.

With fewer cocoa beans available than in previous years, the price of cocoa beans has. Reuters reported wednesday that ghana is considering delaying the delivery of up to 350,000.