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North American Q3 2016 cocoa grind up 0.15pc yr/yr at 124,412 T

Published October 20, 2016 Updated October 20, 2016 08:34pm

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By Shoaib Ur Rehman

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NEW YORK: North American cocoa grindings rose slightly in the third quarter of 2016 to 124,412 tonnes, up 0.15 percent from the same period a year earlier, according to data from the National Confectioners Association on Thursday.

This was below expectations for a 2-3 percent increase. For the 2015/16 crop year, the region's cocoa grinding totaled 486,530 tonnes, down 0.5 percent from 2014/15.

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