date:Jun 04, 2013
confectionery retail volume sales will improve and be flat in 2013, and said volume fell roughly 15 percent over the past five years after many companies reduced treat sizes.
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The United States is the No. 1 chocolate-consuming country, though several European countries consume more per person.
About 13 percent of the world's annual cocoa production, just over 500,000 tonnes, is used for U.S. chocolate candy, according to U.S. Economic Census data analyzed by