United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Circular Series FTROP 3-97 October 1997	Tropical Products: World Markets and Trade

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER STORY:

• U.S. Exports of Cocoa and Cocoa Products on Track to Set Another Record in 1996/97

COCOA UPDATE

• World Situation
• Cocoa Beans: Production
• Cocoa Beans: Supply and Use in Specified Countries
• Global Cocoa Bean Supply/Demand and Apparent Stock Change
• Cocoa Beans: Imports By Selected Consuming Countries
• Cocoa Beans: Total Consumption
• Cocoa Beans: Per Capita Consumption
• U.S. Confectionery Shipment Data
• Quantity and Value of Shipments of Chocolate and Chocolate Type Confectionery
• Quarterly Cocoa Bean Grind Data
• U.S. Spot Prices for Selected Origins of Cocoa Beans and Products
• New York Cocoa Bean Futures Prices--Chart
• New York Cocoa Bean Futures Price

COFFEE DEVELOPMENTS

• Developments
• U.S. Stocks and Roastings
• U.S. Retail Prices
• Coffee: Specified Country Imports
• ICO Price Table
• New York Spot Prices for Brazil’s Arabica Coffee

SPICES

• Developments
• India: Area, Production, and Exports of Major Spices
• Pepper Production in Producing Countries

U.S. SPICE PRICE TABLES

Note: This circular was prepared by Debra A. Pumphrey, Horticultural and Tropical Products Division, FAS/USDA, (202) 720-8899. Production estimates and writeups prepared by Franklin Hokana, Horticultural and Tropical Products Division, FAS/USDA, (202) 720-0875.

Approved by the World Agricultural Outlook Board/USDA

Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000