Cocoa products, including paste, butter, and beans dominated the US' agricultural imports from Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024, making up nearly one-third of the total.
Other major import categories included coffee, seafood, oilseed meals, and tree nuts, rounding out the top six.
The top 10 agricultural imports accounted for 74% of all the US' agricultural imports from the region.
Each of the top 10 products had an import value exceeding $120 million.
From SSA, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana were the leading suppliers of cocoa products to the US in 2024.
The top three products together represented 41% of the total agricultural imports from the region.
Until 1976, Ghana was the world’s largest cocoa producer, with an average annual output of 410,000 tonnes. However, Ghana lost this lead when production fell to 277,000 tonnes in 1997, allowing Côte d'Ivoire and Brazil to overtake.
Since 1977, Côte d'Ivoire has led global cocoa production, increasing its output by 634%.
Nigeria’s cocoa production peaked at 485,000 tonnes in 2006, consistently ranking among the top ten producers.
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