15% Tax on Cocoa Exports in Indonesia Helps the Market Competitiveness

LONDON � Indonesia is the biggest producer of cocoa beans in Asia and the third major cocoa producing country in the world. The country's cacao bean production is recorded at 540,000 tons or 16.2% of the world's market, while the Ivory Coast and Ghana respectively at 1.22 million tons and 680,000 tons. The cocoa bean value chain in Indonesia has experienced phenomenal growth over the past few http://bit.ly/eNlhld