For Q4 2020, North American cocoa grind was reported this week at 118,043 MT of beans, flat from the previous quarter but up a strong 7 percent from Q4 2020 grind of 110,371 MT. The trade sees this report as encouragingly bullish for the [...]
The three major reported regions for cocoa grind saw YOY declines in the last quarter of 2019/20: Europe, down 4.7 percent from Q3 2019; N. America, down 4.0 percent YOY, and Asia, down 10.1 percent YOY. Grind weakness is largely attributed to weaker cocoa [...]
Mexico has booked more than a million metric tons of corn in two separate weeks this season, but even so, average weekly orders, at 340,400 MT, remained 10 percent below the same period last season. On the other hand, South Korea has yet to [...]
European grind for Q2 2019 came in at 344,890 MT, down 3.2 percent from Q1 2019, the first YOY quarterly grind decline after nine quarters of YOY gains. Asian Q2 grind was reported at 215,574 MT, up an impressive 16.3 percent from Q2 2018 [...]
ECA reported cocoa grind for Q4 2018 at 359,103 MT, up 1.6 percent from grind in Q4 2017, marking the eighth straight quarter of YOY growth. From 2015 through 2018, in fact, only three quarters showed YOY declines: Q1 2015, Q1 2016, and Q4 [...]
European cocoa grind from July through September reached 363,122 MT, reported ECA this week. This volume is up 2.7 percent from grind volume of 353,455 MT for the same quarter last year. While this gain is significant—particularly compared to the grind declines reported for [...]
South Africa is increasing plantings of many citrus varieties, including oranges, lemons, and soft citrus (clementines, mandarins, satsumas)—lemons and soft citrus tree plantings are growing especially quickly. Lemon bearing trees and production are up 12 percent and 49 percent, respectively, over two years, while [...]
Asia’s cocoa bean grind volume reached 196,476 MT in calendar 2016, up from 2016 grind of 651,494 MT. This is a second year of growth for the region: up 9.0 percent in 2016 and now up 11.2 percent in 2017. For comparison, total 2017 [...]
