Asia cocoa processing rises 8 pc y/y in 2018 to 780,956 tonnes

Cocoa grinding, which reflects demand for chocolate's key ingredient, increased 6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 to 208,900 tonnes from 196,418 tonnes in the third quarter, the CAA data showed. That compares to 196,476 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2017.

The CAA groups together cocoa grinders in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.