date:Oct 15, 2015
cer countries.
Its status as the largest Asian cocoa grinder has been taken over by Indonesia, which is the largest Asian cocoa producer and has supplied Malaysia with cocoa beans so far, said Commerzbank.
Ivorian competition
And the Ivory Coast, the worlds top producing country, superseded the Netherlands as the worlds top grinder as well, in the crop year just finished.
Asia is a net exporter of cocoa powder and butter, to European and North American markets, so an increase in African grin