Lebanon imports USD 88 million worth of cocoa 

Lebanon’s imports from cocoa products have reached 18,000 tons with estimated value at USD 88,331,000 in 2017, Al Akhbar reported on Saturday. The total volume of exports in the same year stood at 3648 tons worth USD 37,316,000, the newspaper said citing customs figures. Belgium and Peru are the leading suppliers of cocoa beans and cocoa beans, the newspaper added. The cocoa paste is mainly imported from Ghana (189 tons at USD 613,000), followed by the Netherlands (137 tons at USD 567,000) and Spain (118 tons at USD 414,000). (Al Akhbar, December 15, 2018)

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