date:Jun 03, 2014
Malaysia, for which the grindings volume estimate was cut by 15,000 tonnes to 275,000 tonnes, a drop of 6% year on year.
Switch to origin
Indonesia's growth as a major cocoa grinding centre reflects in part a switch by processors to handling more volumes in bean-producing countries themselves - saving on transport and labour costs, and meeting growing developing country demand - rather than focusing on Western consumption areas as in the past.
The likes of Switzerland's Barry Callebaut, US-ba