{"id":23276,"date":"2025-09-22T13:41:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=23276"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:46:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:46:32","slug":"cocoa-butter-from-peru-peaks-export-returns-in-premium-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/09\/22\/cocoa-butter-from-peru-peaks-export-returns-in-premium-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocoa butter from Peru elevates export returns in premium times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cocoa butter exports from January to August 2025 earned Peru approximately US$106.8 million adrift global premium trade, per an Agrodata report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Agraria<\/u><\/a>, Lima shipped over 5,786.5 tonnes of the product worth a free-on-board (FOB) value above US$106 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This export value surpasses that for the entire financial year 2023 that had garnered $71.1 million, per the World Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discrepancy mirrors unrelenting\u00a0cocoa price<\/u><\/a>\u00a0volatility, with unit profitability beginning 2024 at least thrice that of 2023. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the January-August 2025 sales, demand in the traditional lucrative markets of the United States and Europe contributed gains.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. bought $54.187 million worth of cocoa butter from Peru, ahead of Germany ($18.075 million) and the Netherlands ($11.886 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neighboring Chile emerged fourth at $8.131 million while Argentina and Brazil followed with $7.712 and $3.556 million, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike many cocoa export hubs, Peru processes a bulk of its cacao products which it then exports at premium especially to Europe<\/u><\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

28% of cacao product exports from the country represent cocoa butter, 8.9% chocolate bars and 5.3% either powder or nibs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These products come from major chocolate makers that contract seasonal supplies from smallholders whom they pay decent wages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among these is Machu Picchu Foods SAC whose January-August 2025 cocoa butter shipments hit $53.355 million, roughly half the national returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following suit were Compa\u00f1ia de Chocolates de Per\u00fa SA at $23.031 million, just before Kulkao SA at $4.17 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, another milestone has defined the Peru cocoa butter industry, which has been growing since hitting a significant low in 1991<\/u><\/a>. The below statistics explore more of these gains from a general production and export point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peru Cocoa Butter <\/strong>Statistics <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although Peru is best known for fine cocoa or organic cocoa, it is no underdog in cocoa butter conversion. According to the Initiative of the Fine Chocolate Industry Association<\/u><\/a>, cocoa production averages 122,000 tonnes annually of which 28% makes cocoa butter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How big are Lima\u2019s cocoa butter exports?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While all cocoa exports from Peru average US$266 million<\/u><\/a>, those from cocoa butter alone bring at least US$71.061<\/u><\/a> million (2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which country buys most of Peru\u2019s cocoa butter?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, the United States topped cocoa butter purchases from Peru by scooping  3,606.09 tonnes<\/u><\/a>, worth US$18.320 million or 1\/4 the total sales. By the first eight months of 2025, the U.S. was purchasing 1\/2 <\/u><\/a>of the total value at US$54.2 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cocoa butter exports from January to August 2025 earned Peru approximately US$106.8 million adrift global premium trade, per an Agrodata report. According to Agraria, Lima shipped over 5,786.5 tonnes of the product worth a free-on-board (FOB) value above US$106 million. 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