where i can get the information about world chocolate poducer and consumer?

Question by cg: where i can get the information about world chocolate poducer and consumer?
which country have the biggest chocolate market? who are the market leaders in chocolate industry? which country consume more chocolate?

Best answer:

Answer by csanda
Biggest producers of chocolate:

1. Ivory Coast (40% of world’s supply)
2. Ghana
3. Indonesia
4. Cameroon
5. Brazil
6. Nigeria
7. Ecuador

Collectively, the above produce 80% of the world’s cocoa supply.
Source: CRB Commodity Yearbook and ED&F Man website

Largest consumers: 2001 had the best breakdown of country demand in CRB Commodity Book. Now this “consumption” is based on basically how much chocolate they make, not eat.

1. US
2. Netherlands
3. Ivory Coast
4. Germany
5. Brazil
6. France
7. UK
8. Malaysia
9. Italy
10. Belgium
11. Former Soviet Union
12. Rest of World

In terms of eating, chocolate consumption goes hand in hand with GDP. Naturally, there are some that are above the curve (e.g. Belgium) and some below the curve (e.g. Japan).

Petra food has a very good graph on chocolate consumption here:
http://info.sgx.com/webipo.nsf/rev+new+ipo+by+company+all/PETRA+FOODS+LIMITED

Download the prospectus and look on page

Look on page 75. It’s a bit Asian-centric, but it has great information on the chocolate industry.

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