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Cocoa Beans:  Total Consumption (Bean Equivalent) By Selected Countries
                         1988/89    1989/90    1990/91    1991/92    1992/93    1993/94    1994/95      1995/96
                         1,000 Metric tons
Europe:
  European Union:
    Austria                    24.7       27.8       28.1       25.7       26.1       26.2       26.2       28.9
    Belgium-Luxembourg         38.8       47.2       42.9       58.4       54.6       57.6       57.9       58.0
    Denmark                     9.9       10.2       11.3       12.9       13.8       14.3       15.9       15.2
    Finland                     5.5        6.2        5.6        5.5        4.5        3.7        4.4        5.7
    France                    131.0      146.2      156.4      159.8      157.3      157.3      156.5      170.9
    Germany                   228.5      253.6      277.6      264.0      261.1      244.1      244.7      231.8
    Greece                     14.6       13.8       12.6       11.3       11.4        8.4        6.0        7.2
    Ireland                     6.5        8.5        6.5        9.5        7.5        5.0        5.5        6.0
    Italy                      62.6       65.0       68.3       71.4       69.2       81.4       85.4       84.2
    Netherlands                25.9       23.0       36.2       37.8       45.7       40.3       18.9       33.2
    Portugal                    7.2        6.8        9.3        9.5        9.2        9.5       10.2       10.3
    Spain                      50.6       52.0       56.8       60.0       53.2       65.4       60.2       47.2
    Sweden                     13.9       14.6       14.6       11.6       12.9       14.4       15.9       16.8
    United Kingdom            156.1      161.8      182.5      180.4      189.2      181.6      184.0      200.8
      Total EU                775.8      836.7      908.7      917.8      915.7      909.2      891.7      916.2
    Bulgaria                    7.1        5.6        5.5        5.3        7.3        9.3        6.5        6.2
    Czechoslovakia             21.6       22.3       21.2       24.7        4.3        N/A        N/A        N/A
      Czech Republic            N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        9.9       13.3       17.2       21.2
      Slovak Republic           N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        6.6        8.0        8.7        8.6
    Hungary                    18.4       15.4       13.5       10.2       12.5       10.7       10.1       14.1
    Iceland                     0.9        1.1        1.0        1.0        0.9        0.9        1.2        0.9
    Malta                       0.4        0.6        0.5        0.9        0.8        0.8        1.0        1.1
    Norway                     11.6       12.8       12.2       12.5       11.3       12.8       11.9       12.9
    Poland                     28.3       20.2       36.6       44.0       43.9       44.5       43.4       55.2
    Romania                     6.2        8.8        8.0       10.0       10.7       14.3       17.6       11.9
    Switzerland                33.7       34.2       34.6       33.3       28.9       31.8       24.6       25.5
    USSR                      245.3      134.2       93.2       12.3        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A
      Armenia                   N/A        N/A        N/A        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.1
      Azerbaijan                N/A        N/A        N/A        0.0        0.1        0.3        1.6        1.2
      Belarus                   N/A        N/A        N/A        1.3        2.5        3.3        3.2        3.4
      Estonia                   N/A        N/A        N/A        0.6        2.2        2.5        2.2        2.5
      Georgia                   N/A        N/A        N/A        0.0        0.1        0.2        0.9        0.8
      Kazakhstan                N/A        N/A        N/A        0.9        1.5        2.2        3.2        2.9
      Kyrgyzstan                N/A        N/A        N/A        0.0        0.1        0.0        0.4        0.5
      Latvia                    N/A        N/A        N/A        0.6        1.4        3.1        3.6        3.6
      Lithuania                 N/A        N/A        N/A        0.4        1.9        4.1        3.8        4.8
      Moldova, Republic o       N/A        N/A        N/A        0.1        0.2        0.6        0.7        0.7
      Russia                    N/A        N/A        N/A       25.8      111.8      153.5      144.0      157.9
      Tajikistan                N/A        N/A        N/A        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0
      Turkmenistan              N/A        N/A        N/A        0.0        0.0        0.1        0.1        0.1
      Ukraine                   N/A        N/A        N/A        8.4       18.4       19.1       22.5       25.9
      Uzbekistan                N/A        N/A        N/A        0.0        0.1        0.1        1.2        2.8
    Yugoslavia                 16.5       14.2       20.2       16.5        7.7        8.8        9.4       12.7
        Total Europe        1,165.8    1,106.1    1,155.2    1,126.6    1,200.8    1,253.5    1,230.7    1,293.7
Africa:
    Cameroon                    0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5
    Cote d'Ivoire               4.0        4.0        4.0        4.0        4.0        4.0        4.0        4.0
    Egypt                       1.5        0.5        4.7        4.4        3.6        5.4        3.4        6.3
    Ghana                       1.0        1.0        1.0        1.0        1.0        1.0        1.0        1.0
    Libya                       0.6        0.4        0.5        0.2        0.3        0.4        0.5        0.3
    Morocco                     0.7        0.9        0.8        1.2        1.4        2.1        2.5        2.0
    Nigeria                     4.0        4.0        4.0        4.0        4.0        4.0        4.0        4.0
    South Africa, Rep. of      10.5       11.3       10.8        9.1       10.1       13.0       12.3       14.4
        Total Africa           22.8       22.6       26.3       24.4       24.9       30.4       28.2       32.5
North & South America:
    Argentina                   9.1        8.9       26.4       29.1       30.8       30.2       31.7       35.6
    Brazil                     62.7       74.1       81.9       68.0       76.0       88.1      100.7      118.5
    Canada                     48.6       51.0       46.9       49.3       55.8       56.9       60.0       65.1
    Colombia                   38.0       39.1       40.1       39.6       41.0       38.3       43.2       43.7
    Dominican Republic          2.7        3.3        4.2        3.9        3.8        3.8        3.5        2.8
    Ecuador                     4.9        3.2        1.5        1.9        2.4        2.8        4.9        3.0
    Mexico                     30.5       39.4       56.0       46.7       41.6       48.9       46.3       53.2
    United States             488.0      540.0      566.3      593.3      587.4      545.7      544.1      551.5
    Venezuela                   4.6        5.7        5.7        7.3        6.8        6.3        6.6        7.1
        Total North & Sou     689.1      764.7      829.0      839.1      845.6      821.0      841.0      880.5
Asia & Oceania:
    Australia                  32.1       32.5       29.9       30.6       32.8       33.4       33.2       40.5
    China                      12.4       11.7       20.8       16.0       13.6       19.5       27.9       18.7
    Cyprus                      0.5        0.6        0.7        0.7        0.8        0.6        0.9        0.8
    Indonesia                   7.6       11.5       15.4       17.3       10.8       16.0       14.2       13.7
    Iran                        0.3        0.8        0.4        1.3        0.7        0.6        2.3        1.9
    Iraq                        0.9        1.3        0.5        0.5        1.3        0.7        0.4        0.2
    Israel                      5.7        5.7        7.6        7.5        9.5        7.9        5.5        9.2
    Japan                     113.4      109.5      109.3      110.8      111.6      115.5      112.7      139.3
    Jordan                      0.2        0.6        0.7        0.4        0.7        0.8        0.6        0.8
    Korea, Rep. of              1.3        7.7        9.6        7.3       14.6       11.2       10.6        9.1
    Lebanon                     0.6        0.6        1.2        1.2        1.4        1.8        1.7        1.3
    Malaysia                    8.6       11.2       12.4       12.8        3.7        2.8        6.4        7.7
    New Zealand                 2.5        2.9        3.7        4.8        6.6        7.5        7.3        7.8
    Papua New Guinea            0.1        0.1        0.1        0.1        0.1        0.1        0.1        0.1
    Philippines                 3.1        9.8        6.6        6.3        7.7       13.3       16.5       15.1
    Saudi Arabia                6.3        6.4        6.7        7.4        7.0        7.4        6.7        7.0
    Sri Lanka                   1.8        1.9        1.2        1.0        1.4        1.5        1.5        1.5
    Syria                       1.2        1.0        1.8        2.4        3.5        1.1        0.4        0.2
    Turkey                      5.4        9.0       10.9       10.5       10.2        7.7       13.4       12.7
        Total Asia & Ocea     204.0      224.8      239.5      238.9      238.0      249.4      262.3      287.6
Grand Total                 2,081.7    2,118.2    2,250.0    2,229.0    2,309.3    2,354.3    2,362.2    2,494.3
Source:  International Cocoa Organization.
October 1997                                   Horticultural and Tropical Products Division, FAS/USDA


Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000