France, July 21 -- Cameroon has announced that 99% of its cocoa can now be traced from individual farm plots to the export port - a significant step towards meeting new European Union sustainability requirements.

Accoridng to the minister of trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, who chaired a forum in Yaounde assessing the country's readiness for the European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which comes into effect on 30 December 2025.

The EUDR will ban the import of key commodities - such as cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, wood, rubber, and cattle products - into the EU if they are linked to land deforested after 2020.

Officials say 24,800 cocoa farmers have been registered in Cameroon's traceability system, covering more than 28...