Brazil: Cocoa exports from Pará grew with international recognition

Published 2024년 4월 2일

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Pará is on track to become Brazil's leading cocoa producer by 2024, with an estimated output of over 152 thousand tons, representing 51.80% of the country's total production. This achievement is due to the annual expansion of cocoa plantations by about 8 thousand hectares. The state's cocoa industry, which supplies 95% of its produce to multinational companies in Ilhéus, Bahia, and supports local artisanal chocolate industries and exports, has created over 350 thousand jobs and is recognized internationally for its high-quality beans, especially from Medicilândia. The state government, led by Governor Helder Barbalho, has been instrumental in this growth through initiatives like the Pará Cocoa Production Development Fund (Funcacau), promoting sustainable and vertically integrated production. Additionally, local entrepreneurs, such as the owner of Sedap, a chocolate factory in Moju, have benefited from state support and incentives, highlighting the increasing role of the state in fostering the cocoa and chocolate production industry.

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Pará is responsible for 51.80% of national production; the estimate for 2024 is to place more than 152 thousand tons of cocoa on the market With a production estimate for 2024 exceeding 152 thousand tons of cocoa, according to a projection from the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), carried out by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Pará consolidates itself as the largest cocoa producer in Brazil , with more than 31.5 thousand producers and a 51.80% share of national production. In 2023, according to the Executive Committee of the Cocoa Farming Plan (Ceplac), the State produced around 150 thousand tons of almonds, which represents a gross production value of R$2.4 billion. “This increase happens a little every year due to the expansion of cocoa plantations in the State, an increase of around 8 thousand hectares per year. Our production, the majority of it, around 95%, goes to multinational industries located in Ilhéus (Bahia). And these ...

Source: Mercado Do Cacau