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One decade of world cocoa powder economics

Chalumeau A., Roda J.M.. 2024. Jakarta : CIRAD; SALSA, 2 cartes, échelle : 1:120000000.

DOI: 10.18167/agritrop/20306

This serie of maps show that over decades, Southeast Asia increased its production and transformation capacities and demand for Cocoa and Coffee. On the particular case of cocoa powder, the maps allow to question if the global demographics are rebalancing the world agroindustry, or if they illustrate some de-industrialisation of Europe. This serie of maps gives also some insights for geopolitics, investment strategy, and research purposes. Southeast Asia produces and imports a growing share of world cocoa beans, and it has become the 2nd region of production of cocoa powder for the agrifood business. In the last decade, the region increased by 49% its production of cocoa powder, with Indonesia and Malaysia accounting for a 1/4 of the world exports, while EU27 still accounts for 50% of the exports. Southeast Asia exports this industrial semi-finished product mainly to Asia, but is also starting to export to Europe, which was once the centre of the world cocoa industry. Furthermore, southeast Asia, and not China or East Asia, has also become the biggest Asian region, and the biggest tropical region to consume cocoa industrial products. Is it the result of the demographic dynamics in the region, or is it because Southeast Asia is also the siege of an industrial reorganisation?

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