Federated Commodities Limited Information

Federated Commodities PLC (FEDCO) is a leading indigenous Licensed Cocoa Buying company (LBC), established in March 1996, following a decision by Government of Ghana in 1992 to introduce competition in the internal marketing of cocoa, to be regulated by Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod). Our core function is to purchase high quality, well fermented and dried cocoa beans from farmers in all cocoa growing communities in Ghana, at the correct weight, bulk it properly, evacuate to designated Take Over Centres and hand over the produce to Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), a subsidiary of Cocobod. We are among the top LBCs in the country, with average annual cocoa purchases of 50,000 MT, and turnover of about $100.00 million. Our headquarters are in Accra, Ghana and we have operational offices across six of the seven regions earmarked by Cocobod. We have a staff strength of over 300, and engage the services of over 1,700 Purchasing Clerks who source our cocoa beans directly from our 49,000 loyal farmers nationwide.