In 2004 the main producers in decending order were: Côte d'Ivoire 1.3 million tonnes 37.4% Ghana 720 thousand tonnes 20.7% Indonesia 440 thousand tonnes 12.7% Cameroon 175 thousand tonnes 5.0% Nigeria 160 thousand tonnes 4.6% Brazil 155 thousand tonnes 4.5% Ecuador 118 thousand tonnes 3.4% Dominican Republic 47 thousand tonnes 1.4% Malaysia 30 thousand tonnes 0.9% Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa The tonnes harvested have risen since, but the producers order has remained the same.
Cocoa beans are produced in the largest quantities from the following places:
Spain
Brazil & Columbia
what 2 countries are cocoa beans exported to
Cocoa beans are only produced by the cocoa tree.
South American countries. Brazil is a big exporter of cocoa.
This is because there are more resoruces and factorys in the richer countries to process the cocoa beans.
in pennyville
cocoa beans are grown in poor countries as there are less resources to process them and thre is a huge amount of soil which mostly cocoa beans grow out of?
There are a few countries that grow cocoa presently. Most of these countries are in tropical regions, or in South America.
Some of the countries that are part of processing cocoa and delivering it to manufacturers are: Ghana, Ivory coast, Nigeria, Guatemala, The Caribbean islands, Jamaica, Malaysia and Columbia. These countries grow Cocoa trees and process the beans from the trees. Hope this helps!!
Cocoa beans are a type of fully fermented and dried fatty bean in which is known to be used to produce cocoa butter and other cocoa solids. Cocoa beans contain about 40 seeds and mucilaginous pulp.
Cocoa is primarily cultivated in countries where English is spoken, such as Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria. The official language in Ghana, where a significant amount of cocoa is produced, is English.