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Global Cocoa Bean Supply/Demand and Apparent Stock Change
            Production 1/                            Stock      New York
    Year                              Grind 2/       Change    Cocoa Bean
               Gross        Net                                Prices 3/
            --------------------1,000 metric tons-------------Dollars/ton
1949/50             768         760         768            -8         639
1950/51             806         798         765            33         809
1951/52             647         641         734           -93         776
1952/53             809         801         787            14         754
1953/54             786         778         761            17       1,246
1954/55             786         778         735            43         913
1955/56             836         828         808            20         635
1956/57             898         889         898            -9         600
1957/58             761         753         875          -122         959
1958/59             899         890         870            20         838
1959/60           1,043       1,033         916           117         659
1960/61           1,164       1,152       1,000           152         518
1961/62           1,125       1,114       1,095            19         483
1962/63           1,162       1,150       1,144             6         527
1963/64           1,239       1,227       1,184            43         531
1964/65           1,491       1,476       1,302 4/        174         406
1965/66           1,220       1,208       1,374          -166         509
1966/67           1,336       1,323       1,387           -64         606
1967/68           1,352       1,338       1,403           -65         681
1968/69           1,236       1,224       1,369          -145         994
1969/70           1,423       1,409       1,354            55         822
1970/71           1,493       1,478       1,399            79         644
1971/72           1,572       1,556       1,536            20         639
1972/73           1,406       1,392       1,583          -191       1,224
1973/74           1,458       1,443       1,512           -69       2,011
1974/75           1,542       1,527       1,452            75       1,823
1975/76           1,511       1,496       1,523           -27       2,028
1976/77           1,345       1,332       1,438          -106       4,184
1977/78           1,512       1,497       1,394           103       3,256
1978/79           1,507       1,492       1,457            35       3,402
1979/80           1,669       1,652       1,471           181       2,723
1980/81           1,694       1,677       1,583            94       1,997
1981/82           1,736       1,719       1,606           113       1,768
1982/83           1,545       1,530       1,635          -105       1,856
1983/84           1,546       1,531       1,726          -195       2,350
1984/85           1,966       1,946       1,862            84       2,163
1985/86           1,946       1,927       1,877            50       2,039
1986/87           2,013       1,993       1,896            97       1,942
1987/88           2,213       2,191       1,998           193       1,638
1988/89           2,470       2,445       2,125           320       1,310
1989/90           2,419       2,395       2,222           173       1,143
1990/91           2,526       2,501       2,343           158       1,142
1991/92           2,293       2,270       2,297           -27       1,103
1992/93           2,409       2,385       2,427           -42         979
1993/94           2,513       2,488       2,483             5       1,262
1994/95           2,404       2,380       2,544          -164       1,337
1995/96           2,935       2,906       2,694           212       1,346
1996/97           2,713       2,686       2,795          -109       1,465
1997/98           2,759       2,731       2,875          -144
1/  USDA data.  An adjustment of 1 percent for loss in weight is made to 
arrive at a net production figure.
2/  Gill & Duffus/E.D. & F. Man estimates.  October-September crop year.  
USDA estimate for 1997/98.
3/  Average for October-September year.  Spot Accra prices through 
September 1977.  Beginning October 1977, all price data refer to the 
average of the daily closing price of the nearest 3 active futures 
trading months on the New York market.
4/  Includes 5,000 tons sold for non-traditional uses.
Foreign Agricultural Service.  Prepared or estimated on the basis of 
official statistics of foreign governments, other foreign source material, 
reports of Agricultural Attaches, results of office research and related
information.
October 1997         Horticultural and Tropical Products Division, FAS/USDA


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