Cocoa: Crushing by the national industry remains stable in Brazil in February, informs AIPC

São Paulo, 03/16/2022 - The grinding of cocoa beans in the processing industries installed in Brazil was practically stable in February compared to the same month last year. 17,484 tons were processed, compared to 17,524 tons in February 2021 and 18,570 tons in January 2022. The data were collected by SindiDados - Campos Consultores and released by the National Association of Cocoa Processing Industries (AIPC). In the first two months of the year, the crushing volume reached 36,054 tons, compared to 37,785 tons in the same period last year. The receipt of the product in February registered a slight decrease in relation to January, of 24.4%, closing the period at 8,904 tons compared to 11,791 tons. The executive director of AIPC, Anna Paula Losi, said in a note that the fall at the beginning of the year was already expected, as it is the final period of the harvest. Despite this, the data accumulated in the first two months of the year point to an increase of 118% in the total ...