Ghana mid-crop cocoa purchases down

Mid-crop cocoa purchases declared by private buyers to Ghanaian industry regulator Cocobod reached 5,630 tonnes between July 6 and July 19, an industry source said on Friday. That was down from 39,345 tonnes declared in the first two weeks of last year's mid crop.
Output from the world's second largest cocoa producer has been hit hard by a lack of rain in the months of 2007.