NEW YORK, Jan 21 (Reuters) - North American cocoa grindings
fell in the fourth quarter of 2015 to 118,896 tonnes, down 3.25
percent from the same month a year earlier, according to data
from the National Confectioners Association on Thursday, coming
in below expectations.
For the 2015 calendar year, the region's grind totaled
484,992 tonnes, down 7 percent from the prior year.
It was the fifth straight weak quarter following two years
of quarterly increases.