Production and Grindings
Production
Coverage
Data posted on this web page cover production of cocoa beans by the main
producing/exporting countries for the last three cocoa years. The
cocoa year runs from 1 October to 30 September.
Forecasts for the current cocoa year and more detailed information are
available in the Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa
Statistics, published
by ICCO.
Source/data collection methods
As published in the latest issue of the ICCO Quarterly Bulletin
of Cocoa Statistics (QBCS).
These data are collected in numerous ways, primarily by sending
questionnaires to countries (ministries of agriculture, ministries of
trade, cocoa organisations, etc).
Other sources are libraries, Internet, trade organisations, specialist
institutions and international news agencies.
Revision
The Statistics Section revises on a quarterly basis the cocoa beans production
data. The table is updated in March, June, September and December.
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