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ASEAN
COCOA
CLUB
(ACC)
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ASEAN Cocoa Club (ACC) was
established in pursuant of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on ASEAN Cooperation and
Joint Approaches in Agriculture and Forest Products Promotion Scheme which was signed by
the ASEAN Ministers in Agriculture and Forestry at their 16th Meeting in Langkawi on 25-27
August 1994. The ACC was launched on July 1996 at Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort,
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia involving all ASEAN countries: Brunei Darussalam,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Malaysia
is the lead country or national coordinator for ASEAN Cooperation and Joint Approaches on
Cocoa Promotion Scheme and Malaysian Cocoa Board (MCB) was appointed as the coordinator
for the ACC activities.
The objective of the ACC is to strengthen and enhance the Intra-ASEAN
Trade on cocoa and cocoa products to be in line with the objective of the ASEAN
Cooperation and Joint Approaches in Agriculture and Forest Products Promotion Scheme as
follows:
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Strengthen the collective bargaining position of ASEAN on matters affecting agriculture and forest products trade
in the world market; |
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Expand agriculture and forest products
exports through product diversification, intensification of downstream
processing and higher value added activity; |
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Continue upgrading the quality of
ASEAN agriculture and forest products; and |
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Lay down the foundation for a bigger and closer economic ties
between ASEAN member countries. |
To achieve this objective, the ACC workplan
2005-2010 was established and implemented and
each members countries responsible for each programme were identified. The
workplan
underlines the following programmes and areas of cooperation on cocoa and cocoa products:
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Joint cocoa product promotion in
ASEAN |
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Cooperation in downstream
activities |
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Enhancing the competitiveness of cocoa and cocoa products of ASEAN |
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Tariffs and non-tariffs barriers |
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Cooperation
in upstream activities |
For further inquiry on ACC, please write to:
Secretariat
ASEAN Cocoa Club (ACC)
c/o Malaysian Cocoa Board
5th & 6th Floor, Wisma SEDCO
Lorong Plaza Wawasan
Off Coastal Highway
Locked Bag 211
88999 Kota Kinabalu
Sabah, Malaysia
Tel. No.: 088-234477, 088-234472, 088-234473, 088-234474
Fax No.: 088-253037, 239575
Website : http://www.koko.gov.my
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