No, Dominicans are not being sold to the Japanese, but a chocolate bar made from Dominican cacao is being sold in Japan under the name Lotte "Dominican." The chocolate used in the bar is from San Francisco de Macoris, according to press reports. Dominican company Roig Commercial has signed a contract with the Mitsubishi Corporation, the supplier for the Japanese firm Lotte Corporation, Inc., one of the main chocolate companies in Japan. The Lotte firm will produce chocolate products made exclusively from Dominican cacao. The cacao is produced at Roig's modern installations in San Francisco de Macoris.
According to Listin Diario, the DR is world leader in organic cacao exports, the third largest producer in the Americas and in the world in total volume with 42,000 tons in 2007 for a value of US$55 million.

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