United Cacao Share Discussion Threads

[piedro] 28/6/2015 13:32

Brazil to get back in the game ...

26/06/2015
Ministra diz que Brasil pode voltar a ser grande exportador de cacau
... Representantes da Ceplac entregaram à ministra documento no qual listam oportunidades e desafios do setor cacaueiro. Entre eles, a melhoria da competitividade, o fortalecimento da defesa sanitária e a formaçã;o de mercado interno. ...
hxxp://www.guiamaritimo.com/gm_wp/noticias/ministra-diz-que-brasil-pode-voltar-a-ser-grande-exportador-de-cacau/

[andytools] 23/6/2015 11:11

The article was two months old. Nothing to worry about.... and it was in The Guardian!

[paulturner006] 07/6/2015 16:48

Ouch, re last post? Thoughts on SP?

[oilyminer] 11/5/2015 16:55

presenting Shares Magazine, Thursday,

[andrbea] 07/4/2015 10:33

interview with CEO



e.g. their stance on ethically-produced beans (to combat child labour)

[andrbea] 07/4/2015 09:49

all-time high (must be all those sales of Easter Eggs....) :-)

[sharesoc] 21/3/2015 12:33

UNITED CACAO are presenting at our next growth company seminar on April 21st, investors and potential shareholders may be interested in attending. More details and registration at...

[madigansar] 08/3/2015 13:04

Faraday, who are very respected, have just tipped this via Galvan.

[cerrito] 21/2/2015 22:48

Had never heard of this company till in an idle moment I saw the webcast of their presentation at the Beaufort Securities do and too bad that this was not bought up.
Not sure what the security situation in Iquitos is like these days and I assume they boat it down the Amazon.

hxxp://www.beaufortsecurities.com/beaufort-investor-evening-5th-february-2015-W21page-178-#choc?jujrtyghfud123249a5363951a175a947a162523

[cyprussteve] 24/1/2015 01:45

Detailed article on CHOC below with legal analysis.

[rufio90210] 08/1/2015 15:47

Yo,

Im trying to make sense of the news on 5th January regarding excersise of options.

So 160k of shares are going to be added to the current 18million which I am guessing may briefly lower the share price? Then the director is looking to buy 28% of the shares which I should think would make it boom upwards?

Only been trading couple of months and first time Ive come across this scenario would greatly appreciate a little advice to help ascertain its meaning and influence on current SP

[ibug] 16/12/2014 15:25

That means that CHOC will eventually produce about 7500 tons through it's 3500 hectares of plantations worth approx $20 million per year gross.

[andrbea] 16/12/2014 14:06

Mr. Hawkins said chocolate companies should start investing in other parts of the world, such as South America and Asia.

Cocoa farms in Latin America currently produce about 1.6 tons a hectare, but that could be increased to more than 2 tons a hectare in 10 years, said Mr. Hawkins. Peru and Colombia are the brightest prospects, given the large amount of fertile land available, he said.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, cocoa production in Peru is set to increase 5% this year and higher plantings will see the country become a key exporter in years to come. It estimates that Peruvian average cocoa yields are 0.8 metric tons per hectare but can reach as high as 2.5 tons per hectare.

“Increased investment in, and incentives for, cocoa production in other countries is needed. To the extent that the industry can support greater investment, production and productivity, this will help reduce the concentration associated with West Africa,” said Hamish Smith, commodities economist at Capital Economics.

[andrbea] 13/12/2014 09:54

Dec 12

Meanwhile, the world is only getting hungrier for chocolate. The biggest increase in demand is from the residents of emerging market countries like India. Though their consumption per capita is nowhere close to the amount Europeans devour, their newly acquired penchant for the treat, is making a huge dent in an already tight market.

hxxp://www.dogonews.com/2014/12/12/a-world-without-chocolate-oh-my

[ibug] 09/12/2014 16:06

CHOC is going to become a global player from next summer when the first production crops land on the markets. Manufacturers will prefer a supplier from Peru rather than West Africa.

LONDON (Alliance News) - United Cacao Ltd SEZC shares were trading higher on their first day on AIM on Tuesday, after the company raised GBP6.4 million in its flotation.


The Peru-based cacao plantation company issued 5 million shares at 128 pence per share, giving it a market capitalisation of approximately GBP23 million.

The proceeds from the flotation are to be used by the company to extend its planted operations from around 320 hectares now to 2,000 hectares by the end of the fourth quarter of 2015 and for general working capital.

"As the first publicly listed pure-play cacao company globally, United Cacao offers investors unique exposure to a global market that has well known and recently publicised supply constraints together with the challenge of rising demand," said Chief Executive and Chairman Dennis Melka.

"Admission to AIM is the logical next step towards our goal of becoming the largest and lowest cost corporate grower of sustainable and traceable cacao beans by the end of 2016," Melka added.

[andrbea] 09/12/2014 14:33

Because of disease, drought, rapacious new markets and the displacement of cacao by more-productive crops such as corn and rubber, demand is expected to outstrip supply by an additional 1 million tons every decade for the foreseeable future. Here, now, as you read these words, the world is running out of chocolate.

[andrbea] 09/12/2014 12:47

United Cacao employs 400 local Peruvian staff, who are paid electronically via direct debit, and the company says it helps the farmers to plant their own cacao by lending where the banks will not.

The company prides itself on this ethical, sustainable approach, and of course charges its customers a premium for it.

[andrbea] 09/12/2014 12:43

There are recent rumbles (among activists) to bring in labels on chocolate to say made from cocooa beans where no child labour occurs. This would be devestating, of course, for West Africa (where child labour is common). 70% of the world's cocoa beans come from four West African countries: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon.

So in Peru, choc (with its good labour conditions) looks well placed IMO to market its beans.

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