Having just taken the helm as chairman of the Cocoa Association of Asia (CAA), Alvin Lee believes that amid clear pandemic challenges, there's hope ahead for the region's market. His notable sense of optimism is founded on gaining considerable insight into the sector during his career to date, as well as encouraging signs from the organisation's most recent online forum placing the sector's trading results under the microscope. While the coronavirus pandemic impacted on the first half of 2020 in terms of key cocoa grindings, the Singapore-based CAA welcomed an improving pattern towards the end of last year, with the industry continuing to adapt to evolving conditions.
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