Cocoa from Ghana and Ivory Coast feeding multi-billion euro chocolate industry in The Netherlands.

Cocoa from Ghana and Ivory Coast feeding multi-billion euro chocolate industry in The Netherlands.Ghana and the Ivory Coast, its western neighbour, are the two biggest producers of cocoa in the world. And cocoa from these two West African countries is the backbone of the thriving chocolate industry in The Netherlands. According to a report by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the total value of chocolate and semi-finished products including cocoa butter produced in that country and exported, reached €2.8 billion in 2015. That is an increase of 6 per cent on that of 2014 and an “all time-record.”