Cocoa Exports From Indonesia’s Sulawesi Decline 21%

Cocoa-bean exports from Sulawesi, Indonesia’s main growing region, dropped for the first time in four months as heavy rains hurt crops and disrupted transport, according to an industry grouping.

Shipments from south and central Sulawesi fell 21 percent to 36,168 metric tons in August from 45,552 tons a month earlier, the Indonesian Cocoa Association said. Exports were 47,527 tons in August last year. Sulawesi accounts for about 75 percent of total output and exports from the country.