date:Jul 24, 2012
ich was over double the growth rate it saw in Europe and the Americas.
Another major confectioner, Hershey, looks set to require more cocoa for Asia as it plans to open an RD centre in China later this year and plots a new manufacturing facility at an as yet unnamed location.
Asian grindings have increased significantly. Indonesia capacity has been increased as the government put a cocoa bean export tax on, added Flury.
Anemic demand in Europe and US
However, consumer demand for chocolate pr