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07-29-2008, 04:30 PM
Agriculture Minister Salvador Jimenez says this year the DR will export US$90 million worth of cacao, equivalent to 40,000 metrics tons. The Minister explained that in the first six months of the year the country exported 24,000 metric tons of cacao. Jimenez says that a metric tone of Dominican cacao is sold for as much as US$4,000. The world's leading producer, the DR's 41,000 farmers produce 15 metric tons of organic cacao per year. Jimenez made his comments during the Choco Caribe conference, being held at the Hotel Jaragua through Friday. The conference seeks to strengthen relations between Latin American cacao producers and European consumers. According to Gustavo Arteta, 30% of Dominican chocolate is exported towards Europe and 15% of that chocolate is exported to Italy.
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