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In the first nine months of this year, Russia's chocolate exports to the United States amounted to $1.7 million, compared with $488,500 in the same period last year. Moreover, this is almost equivalent to the full-year exports in 2022. In general, in the first nine months of this year, Russia supplied 61,000 tons of chocolate worth $191 million to the rest of the world, according to data from the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade). The United States is the world's largest importer of chocolate. In the first nine months of this year, imports by American companies increased by nearly 20% to a record high of $3.5 billion. From January to September, Canada was the main supplier of chocolate to the United States, with exports to the United States increasing by nearly a third year-on-year to $1.9 billion. Mexico's chocolate exports to the United States increased by about one-fifth to $521.3 million. Belgium's chocolate exports to the United States increased to $167.4 million. Germany's chocolate exports to the United States remained almost unchanged at $147 million. Poland ranked fifth, with chocolate exports to the United States falling by 8% to $93.3 million.

After a negative day, the cocoa market opened higher on Thursday morning (17) on the New York Stock Exchange. Contracts maturing in December appreciated by 1.47%, trading at US$ 7,879 per ton. This recovery occurs after the asset closed down almost 3% in the previous session, when it broke the symbolic mark of US$ 8,000 per ton. The market reaction reflects profit-taking by investors, according to analysts, within an expected dynamic of volatility. Although prices fell yesterday, there are structural factors that still support the value of cocoa in the medium term. Among them, the impact of unfavorable weather on the crops of African producers, mainly in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the two largest global exporters, stands out. Irregular rainfall and the increase in diseases on plantations limited the available supply, putting pressure on prices in recent weeks. On the other hand, the recovery in prices is slow

Heavy rains in West Africa brought flooding that prevented cocoa farmers from accessing their fields, delaying the harvest and sending cocoa prices soaring on global markets on Friday, reaching nearly $7,800 a tonne.