Holland tops cocoa butter league
The Netherlands is the biggest producer of cocoa butter in the EU, producing 200 million kilos in 2006, says national statistics office CBS.
Total value of Dutch cocoa butter production was €650m and involved the processing of 450 million kilos of cocoa beans.
The average chocolate consumption in the Netherlands in 2006 was 4.75 kilos, the CBS said.
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