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COCOA AND CHOCOLATE 



World Consump tion . 



The world's consumption of cacao is steadily rising. 

 Before the war the United States, Germany, Holland, 

 Great Britain, France, and Switzerland were the prin- 

 cipal consumers. Whilst we have increased our con- 

 sumption, so that Great Britain now occupies second 

 place, the United States has outstripped all the other 

 countries, having doubled its consumption in a few 

 years, and is now taking almost as much as all the 

 rest of the world put together. It is thought that since 

 America has " gone dry " this remarkably large con- 

 sumption is likely to be maintained. 



World's Consumption of Cacao Beans. 



(to the nearest thousand tons) 

 i ton = iooo kilograms. 



The above figures are compiled chiefly from Mr. 

 Theo. Vasmer's reports. The Gordian estimates that 



