Quarterly Cocoa Bean Grindings by Specified Countries Country First Second Third Fourth Total --------Metric tons-------- United States 1987 1/ 39,665 45,930 49,864 45,352 180,811 1988 45,197 47,327 48,376 45,985 186,885 1989 43,802 49,185 47,071 52,779 192,837 1990 51,559 51,683 58,278 55,220 216,740 1991 51,191 64,365 66,544 73,681 255,781 1992 70,335 74,515 84,109 84,962 313,921 1993 78,968 77,720 84,593 80,624 321,905 1994 71,398 78,805 86,247 86,179 322,629 1995 78,835 78,886 87,360 86,116 331,197 1996 79,044 82,713 93,933 95,352 351,042 1997 95,435 97,223 105,984 99,253 397,895 1998 99,189 Germany 2/ 1987 55,190 49,224 46,424 57,846 208,684 1988 60,039 53,990 53,008 65,757 232,794 1989 61,960 59,211 56,994 67,832 245,997 1990 69,125 64,613 70,994 77,123 281,855 1991 73,712 72,396 70,934 73,661 290,703 1992 78,661 73,797 80,111 86,682 319,251 1993 74,119 69,805 74,010 80,747 298,681 1994 80,242 68,033 67,706 80,238 296,219 1995 69,441 56,478 61,523 71,375 258,817 1996 69,520 59,471 65,824 56,255 251,070 1997 61,379 57,402 65,233 61,230 245,244 1998 62,154 Netherlands 1987 49,141 47,399 42,772 56,315 195,627 1988 56,074 51,712 50,539 58,174 216,499 1989 61,071 56,392 55,129 60,937 233,529 1990 62,243 58,817 58,702 67,828 247,590 1991 64,299 71,643 63,973 74,826 274,741 1992 77,954 71,537 69,871 73,795 293,157 1993 78,338 75,548 81,183 84,991 320,060 1994 83,963 78,055 84,249 88,117 334,384 1995 91,314 85,248 85,311 93,619 355,492 1996 100,866 90,724 99,549 97,273 388,412 1997 102,338 100,132 101,817 103,053 407,340 1998 104,936 United Kingdom 1987 24,469 22,941 22,405 25,581 95,396 1988 26,309 24,997 22,407 26,794 100,507 1989 28,506 30,113 26,873 29,177 114,669 1990 32,116 29,322 29,419 33,934 124,791 1991 32,902 36,016 41,863 37,410 148,191 1992 39,831 37,903 37,120 44,430 159,284 1993 44,575 41,975 37,496 47,297 171,343 1994 44,131 39,063 39,591 40,385 163,170 1995 43,410 35,348 34,431 46,688 159,877 1996 50,500 44,535 48,855 45,147 189,037 1997 44,059 42,702 41,180 45,581 173,522 1998 45,787 1/ 1987 through March 1991, incomplete data--grind excludes one major processor. Complete reporting resumed beginning with the second quarter of 1991. 2/ Beginning October 1990, includes former East Germany. Source: National statistics of the respective countries. June 1998 Horticultural and Tropical Products Division, FAS/USDA