date:Apr 11, 2013
verage prices for cocoa ingredients - cocoa beans, cocoa butter, and cocoa powder.
During the period, sales volume increased 7.8% to 745,256t compared to 691,061t a year ago, operating profit (EBIT) decreased 2.1% to CHF173.8m ($185.9m), while gross profit increased 5.5% to CHF357.3m ($382.2m).
Barry Callebaut chief executive officer Juergen Steinemann said that the EBIT was impacted by the unfavourable combined cocoa ratio as well as additional factory and supply chain costs due to strong gro