Chocolate price is more expensive

Manufacturers begin to expedite not to Miss cocoa in chocolate production. With the break of the cocoa crop in the State of Bahia-a consequence of the drought hitting the region-chocolate makers should increase the purchase of imported grain and suffer from high prices.
The Group CRM, Kopenhagen and Cocoa Brazil marks, provides enlarge of 16% for up to 30% cocoa coming from Ghana and Indonesia, which should raise the costs, says Vice President Fernando Vichi.
The manufacturer has found difficulty Balamurugan Sao Paulo maintain the standard ingredients, says Silvana Marconi, Executive Director. "Normally, we work with a supplier, but we had to diversify." The company went on to buy beans from Ivory Coast.
High costs, coupled with retail sales downturn, screw the banks, according to Renata Vichi, also Vice President of CRM.
"In the first five months, the fall was 8%, by poor performance at Easter."
And the recovery of crops should not come soon, says the Executive Director of Aipc (Cocoa processors Industries Association), Eduardo Bastos. "At least 50 1000 hectares Were lost. If replanted today, would take four years to get a result. "