Brand Spur Volume 1 - Maiden Edition | Page 79

Understanding the Cocoa Market In 2015, Africa produced about 73% of the total global Cocoa production with 2.9million MT. Nigeria is currently ranked as the 4th largest producer of Cocoa behind, Cote d’ Ivorie, Ghana and Indonesia with about 280,000 MT in 2015 which is about 7% of the total global Cocoa market. However, Nigeria was previously producing more Cocoa than Cote d’ Ivorie… 3