London, UK – The International Cocoa Organization, or ICCO has released its revised estimates, summarized below, of world production, grindings and stocks of cocoa beans for the 2016/2017 cocoa year.
The data published in Issue No. 4 – Volume XLIII – Cocoa year 2016/2017 of the Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics, reflect the most recent information available to the Secretariat as at the middle of November 2017.
This issue of the Bulletin also contains data for the past four years of production and grindings of cocoa beans, detailed by country.
In addition, the Bulletin includes comments on the crop and demand situation in the leading countries, and a review of price developments on international markets for cocoa beans during the 2016/2017 cocoa year.