Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced that the United States of America has rescinded its decision to impose 15% tariff on Cocoa and certain qualifying agricultural products.
He explains that the 15% tariff reversal came into effect on November 13, 2025, following President Trump’s new Executive Order.
The Minister disclosed that other agricultural products from Ghana now exempted include cashew nut, avocado, banana, mango, orange, lime, plantain, pineapple, guava, coconut, ginger and assorted peppers.
He said “The United States Administration has officially informed the Government of Ghana that President Trump’s 15% imposition of tariffs on Cocoa and certain qualifying agricultural products from Ghana have been rescinded.
US diplomats confirm to me that the 15% tariff reversal came into effect on November 13, 2025 following President Trump’s new Executive Order.
Other agricultural products from Ghana now exempted include cashew nut, avocado, banana, mango, orange, lime, plantain, pineapple, guava, coconut, ginger and assorted peppers.
With an estimated annual Ghanaian cocoa beans export to the US averaging 78,000 metric tons, and at current spot price of $5,300/MT, Ghana stands to raise additional revenue of US$60 million (GHS667million) each year resulting from Trump’s tariff rescission.
Ghana welcomes this positive development from the US which is the world’s leading importer of chocolate and cocoa products.
Ghana 
and the USA 
will continue to forge closer and mutually beneficial relations”.
Ghana was hit with a 15% ad valorem tariff on its exports to the United States under a new executive order issued by U.S. President Donald J. Trump on July 31.
The order formed part of broader U.S. efforts to address what it termed as a national emergency caused by persistent trade deficits and imbalanced trade relations.
The tariff, from the date of the order, applied to goods from Ghana entering the U.S. and was part of sweeping new measures that impacted dozens of countries.
