WORLD COCOA BEANS PRODUCTION(1)

(1,000 tonnes)

Region and country 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama		 3.5
2.0
3.5
38.9
1.2
0.5		 3.0
0.8
3.9
43.5
0.3
1.0		 3.0
0.8
3.0
34.0
0.3
1.0		 3.0
0.8
2.1
38.5
0.3
1.0		 4.0
0.8
2.1
40.5
0.2
1.0		 4.0
0.8
2.1
41.0
0.2
1.0		 4.0
0.8
2.1
42.0
0.2
1.0
North and Central America 49.6 51.5 42.1 45.7 48.6 49.1 50.1
Cuba
Dominican Rep.
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Other (2)		 2.1
42.3
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.7
0.3		 2.2
50.8
0.9
2.1
2.2
1.7
0.2		 2.2
58.7
0.8
2.6
2.5
1.7
0.2		 2.2
56.8
0.8
4.5
2.5
1.8
0.3		 2.2
58.0
0.9
3.3
2.5
1.8
0.3		 2.2
54.5
0.8
3.5
2.5
1.8
0.3		 2.2
57.0
0.8
3.5
2.5
1.8
0.2
Caribbean 52.4 60.1 68.7 68.9 69.0 65.6 68.0
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Suriname
Venezuela		 2.5
375.0
60.0
104.0
10.0
0.1
16.5		 3.5
330.0
60.0
76.0
11.0
0.1
16.1		 3.5
281.0
60.0
80.0
11.0
0.1
17.1		 3.5
228.4
60.0
82.0
13.0
0.1
16.7		 3.5
220.8
60.0
95.0
15.0
0.1
17.0		 3.5
145.0
60.0
105.0
15.0
0.1
17.1		 3.5
152.0
60.0
85.0
15.0
0.1
17.0
South America 568.1 496.7 452.7 403.6 411.4 345.7 332.6
Angola
Cameroon
Comoro Islands
Congo
Cote d'Ivoire(3)
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Ghana(3)
Liberia
Madagascar
Nigeria(4)
Sao Tome & Principe
Sierra Leone
Tanzania
Togo(5)
Uganda
Zaire		 0.2
100.0
0.1
0.4
804.2
5.5
1.4
293.4
2.0
2.5
160.0
2.6
11.8
2.5
6.8
0.6
3.5		 0.2
97.0
0.1
0.3
700.0
5.7
2.0
312.0
0.1
3.0
140.0
3.0
2.8
2.0
3.2
0.8
4.0		 0.2
98.0
0.1
0.2
850.0
4.0
1.0
311.5
0.1
3.2
130.0
3.9
2.8
0.8
4.0
0.7
3.5		 0.2
107.0
0.1
0.3
873.0
2.6
1.0
315.0
0.0
2.5
130.0
2.0
2.8
2.7
4.0
0.7
3.5		 0.2
130.0
0.1
0.6
1,219.4
4.5
1.0
403.0
0.7
2.6
140.0
3.4
3.2
2.5
5.1
1.0
3.1		 0.2
120.0
0.1
0.5
1,130.5
4.5
1.0
324.0
0.7
2.6
155.0
3.0
3.0
2.5
5.0
1.0
3.0		 0.0
120.0
0.0
0.5
1,180.0
4.5
1.0
350.0
0.7
2.6
145.0
3.0
3.0
2.5
5.0
1.0
3.0
Africa 1,397.5 1,276.2 1,414.0 1,447.4 1,920.4 1,756.6 1,821.8
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Sri Lanka		 6.0
165.0
235.0
9.0
1.5		 6.0
240.0
225.0
6.0
1.4		 6.0
280.0
204.0
6.5
1.4		 6.0
257.0
134.0
5.0
1.4		 6.0
305.0
127.0
5.0
1.4		 6.0
322.0
120.0
5.0
1.4		 6.0
325.0
115.0
5.0
1.4
Asia 416.5 478.4 498.4 404.3 414.7 414.4 414.4
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Western Samoa		 0.3
34.0
4.7
2.2
0.5		 0.3
38.8
4.5
1.6
0.5		 0.3
31.0
3.6
2.0
0.5		 0.2
29.0
2.7
1.3
0.5		 0.1
35.0
4.0
1.8
0.5		 0.1
36.0
4.0
1.8
0.5		 0.1
28.0
4.0
1.8
0.5
Oceania 41.7 45.7 37.4 33.7 41.4 42.4 34.4
World Production 2,525.5 2,415.5 2,519.2 2,398.2 2,876.3 2,660.2 2,660.2

Note:

Totals may not add because of rounding.

Footnotes:

1 Estimates for the production year October-September.
2 Includes Belize, Dominica, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, and Martinique.
3 Includes some cocoa marketed from Ghana.
4 Includes some cocoa marketed from Cote d'lvoire.
5 Includes some cocoa marketed through Benin.

Source:

October 1996, Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
FAS-USDA Prepared or estimated these statistics on the basis of official statistics of foreign governments, other foreign source material, reports of Agricultural Attaches and Foreign Service Officers, results of office research, and related information.

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