INDEPTH: VALENTINES
Nuts about Chocolate: Facts and Statistics
CBC News Online | February 12, 2004
The Ivory Coast in Africa produces more cocoa beans than any other country, according to the International Cocoa Organization. In the 1999/2000 fiscal year, about 1.3 million metric tonnes of cocoa beans were produced there. That's 43 per cent of the world's supply of cocoa beans.
| Country |
Grams Per Capita |
| Switzerland |
10,180 |
| Germany |
10,120 |
| Belgium |
10,060 |
| Austria |
9,520 |
| United Kingdom |
8,590 |
| Norway |
8,570 |
| Denmark |
8,280 |
| France |
6,690 |
| Australia |
5,800 |
| Canada |
5,410 |
| United States |
5,320 |
| Netherlands |
4,540 |
Source:
The International Cocoa Organization |
Just three countries – the Ivory Coast, Ghana and Indonesia – account for 70 per cent of the world's cocoa production.
The United States is the top importor of cocoa beans. The country imported an average of 559,600 metric tonnes of cocoa beans or cocoa products each year between the 1993/94 and 1997/98 fiscal years. That's almost one-quarter of the world's cocoa.
Canada is eighth, having imported an average of 81,300 metric tonnes of cocoa annually during the same period.
Switzerland takes the cake when it comes to eating chocolate. The Swiss consumed 10,180 grams of chocolate per capita in the 1995/96 fiscal year.
Canadians consumed an average of 5,410 grams of chocolate each in 1996. That's about the equivalent of everybody eating a chocolate bar every three days.
The only North American to win the grand prize at the International Festival of Chocolate held annually in France is chocolate manufacturer Bernard Callebaut who came to Canada from Belgium in 1982. His chocolate is now available in 35 stores across Canada and the United States.
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