Bumper World Cocoa Bean Crop Harvested in 1981/82

摘要

World cocoa bean production for the 1981/82 Oct-Sept crop year is estimated at a record 1.72 million metric tons, up slightly from the 1980/81 outturn of 1.69 million tons and indicating a global stock increase for the fifth consecutive year. World consumption is expected to lag behind the expansionary trend in production during the next several years, global stocks are likely to remain at relatively high levels and prices expected to be under pressure from this unbalanced supply/demand position.