A dramatic decline in cocoa production owing to bad weather and disease in West Africa caused prices to skyrocket, putting pressure on European chocolate makers and raising prices for consumers ...

Small businesses working over the busy Easter period are counting the cost of rising prices, global economic uncertainty and ...

Except for miniscule commercial crops in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, cocoa beans don’t grow in ... to reflect the environmental values of makers (i.e., no plastic) and to distinguish a luxury ...

From snowboards to booty shorts, small business owners in Northern Nevada voice concerns about the impact of sweeping tariffs ...

Cacao grows in the tropics, so small U.S. businesses need imports.

In addition to the pre-existing 6% US customs duty on Belgian chocolate, the sweets will be subject to a 10% tariffs like ...

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Pennsylvania’s most beloved export provided the opportunity for some sweet relief in the midst of a difficult week in the ...

It takes a month to deliver cocoa from Côte d'Ivoire to Belgium, and exports to the United States also take about a month. Therefore, it is difficult for the Belgian chocolate maker to adapt to ...

Ivorian cocoa farmers, already grappling with adverse weather and plant diseases impacting harvests, now face further uncertainty due to potential US tariffs. While temporarily suspended ...