The first ICCO forecasts of production and grindings of cocoa beans by key countries for the 1997/98 cocoa year are as follows:
Country
Production forecast for 1997/98:
(in thousand tonnes)

Côte d'Ivoire
1150.0
Ghana
370.0
Indonesia
310.0
Brazil
160.0
Nigeria
155.0
Cameroon
125.0
Malaysia
100.0
Country
Grindings forecast for 1997/98:
(in thousand tonnes)

Netherlands
410.0
USA
410.0
Germany
250.0
Côte d'Ivoire
200.0
Brazil
180.0
United Kingdom
175.0
France
105.0

Reference:
Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics, 24 (1), 1997/98

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