About the European Cocoa Association
The European Cocoa Association (ECA) is a trade association that groups the major companies involved in the cocoa bean trade and processing, in warehousing and related logistical activities in Europe. Together, ECA Members represent two-thirds of Europe’s cocoa beans grinding, half of Europe's industrial chocolate production and 40 % of the world production of cocoa liquor, butter and powder.
On behalf of its members, ECA monitors and reports on developments impacting the cocoa sector, both at regulatory and scientific levels. In addition, ECA is actively engaged in European and International fora related to the industry’s contribution to a sustainable cocoa economy.
Learn more3 December 2012 The cocoa supply-chain reaffirms its commitment to improve farmers’ livelihoods and reinforce measures to combat the worst forms of child labour
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14/03/201214 March Joint ECA/Caobisco/WCF/FCC Statement
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09/02/20126 February 2012 ECA/CAO/WCF/FCC Joint statement on EP INTA Resolution
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30/06/2011ECA July 2011 Cocoa Update
Please take a look at ECA's July 2011 newsletter "Cocoa Update"
12/04/201112 April 2011 ECA / FCC & CAOBISCO Joint Statement
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15/03/201115 March 2011 ECA / FCC & CAOBISCO Joint Statement
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15/02/201115 February 2011 ECA & FCC Joint Statement
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04/02/201104 February 2011 ECA & FCC Joint Statement
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26/01/201126 January 2011 ECA & FCC Joint Statement
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24/01/2011ECA & FCC Joint Statement
ECA and FCC issue joint statement following recent developments in Côte d'Ivoire. Click here to see the statement.
23/12/2010ECA December 2010 Cocoa Update
Please have a look at ECA's latest newsletter "Cocoa Update"!
20/12/2010Response to the EC Staff Working Document on Combating Child Labour
ECA and Caobisco provide a response to the European Commission Staff Working Document on combating child labour.
27/09/2010Concoction IV – Amsterdam – 24-26 September 2010
ECA held its "2010 Concoction IV" event on September 24-26 in Amsterdam, which marked the association's tenth anniversary.
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"So noble a confection, more than nectar & ambrosia, the true food of the gods"
Dr. Etienne Bachot (1610-1687; French physician)
“Nowhere else has nature compressed such a store of the most valuable nutrients into such a small space as it has with the cocoa bean.”
Alexander Von Humboldt (1769-1859; German naturalist & traveller)
"Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates"
Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935; Portuguese poet)
"The superiority of chocolate, both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which it has in Spain"
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826; third President of the USA)