Cocoa Sales In 2025: Over 2,200 Tons Exported To Nigeria

M embers of the South West Manyu Cocoa Farmers Ex­ porters Cooperative have disclosed that the institution ex­ ported some 2,200 tons of cocoa to neighbouring Nigeria in 2025, up from 1,850 tons in 2024. Ac­ cording to the Board Chair of the South West Manyu Cocoa Farmers Exporters Cooperative, Chief Tabe Besong Oben Richard, the coope­ rative paid to the State coffers over FCFA 860 million in 2024 and FCFA 1. 030 billion in 2025 as custom duties and taxes. This earned the cooperative a certifi­ cate of recognition issued by the Ministry of Finance. He made the revelation during the cooperative’s extraordinary general assembly on October 28 in Limbe. He pointed out that before the creation of the cooperative in 2023, cocoa farmers in Manyu Division of the South West Region, had difficulties marketing their produce due to the ongoing socio-political crisis in the region. He also noted that before 2024, no taxes were paid to the State coffers as exportation was not formal. On this note, Chief Tabe Besong expressed gratitude to the government for authorizing the commercialization of cocoa in Nigeria. He saluted efforts of the Governor of the South West Region who took the cry of South West farmers to the Prime Minister, Head of Government before the President of the Republic, Paul Biya, authorized that Cameroonian cocoa be exported to neighbouring Nigeria where it fetches the far­ mers more profit. The Board Chair of the South West Manyu Cocoa Farmers Exporters Cooperative indicated that the structure was created to help far­ mers who are now selling their produce directly to the Nigerian market without passing through middlemen. The cooperative, he...