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- Title
GLOBAL AND DOMESTIC BULGARIAN PRODUCTION OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE ARTICLES FOR THE PERIOD 2013-2016.
- Authors
Slavova, G.
- Abstract
Chocolate is one of the most delicious and popular desserts on earth, but for many people around the world, it is also a serious industry. It is made from cocoa beans that grow on cocoa trees. Historians believe that chocolate consumption dates back before Columbus discovered North America, mainly in Central American societies, where it has been used for more than five millennia. Archaeological excavations prove that in Costa Rica, the Mayans drank cocoa about 400 B.C. Today, however, chocolate production and consumption is a complex commercial task that covers manufacturers and trade networks around the world. The number of cocoa miners in the world is over 14 million people. Almost 35% of the cocoa beans originate in Côte d'Ivoire. This article aims to analyze the main problems and difficulties in the world's cocoa-producing countries as well as to compare the producers, importers and exporters of cocoa and chocolate products in the European Union, including Bulgaria, by focusing on the change in production and consumption over the last years to highlight main trends and dependencies.
- Subjects
CACAO growing; COCOA products; BULGARIAN economic policy; INTERNATIONAL trade
- Publication
Trakia Journal of Sciences, 2017, Vol 15, Issue Supp1, p10
- ISSN
1312-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15547/tjs.2017.s.01.003