Cocoa: a deceptive fall in prices?
Four companies alone hold almost two-thirds of the world's grinding capacity, and ten companies, all in advanced economies, share more than 40% of the retail confectionery market.
Four companies alone hold almost two-thirds of the world's grinding capacity, and ten companies, all in advanced economies, share more than 40% of the retail confectionery market.
Chocolate is in high demand this season. Valentine's Day, now Martisor, the international women's day, nothing says more I cherish you than some flowers with a box of chocolates.

Eleven programmes financed through the second Swiss Contribution, with a total value of around CHF 221.5 million (€240 million), are now in implementation in Romania.
The Romanian Government has adopted a financing instrument worth RON 5.313 billion (€1 billion) to develop production capacities in Romania.
Enery has inaugurated the Titu solar park, a 54 MW photovoltaic plant in Dâmbovița County.
Romania registered the highest annual inflation rate in the bloc for May 2026, reaching 9.7%, according to Eurostat.
OMV Petrom concluded a sales contract with OMV Downstream GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of OMV AG, for part of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to be produced at the Petrobrazi refinery.