The tabular format delineates cocoa beans production across six different regions from 1992 to 1998.
Overall, it is conspicuous that all six different areas exhibited divergent trends in cocoa beans production. While the Caribbean and Africa experienced a general upward shift, South America and Oceania underwent contractions throughout the examined timeframe. Meanwhile, the figures for Asia and North Central America demonstrated fluctuations, ending the period relatively unaltered. Moreover, Africa was by far the leading producer of cocoa beans throughout the entire period, whereas Oceania consistently recorded the lowest production figure among all categories.
Looking first at the Caribbean and Africa, both regions witnessed an overall increase in cocoa beans production over the period shown. The former’s figure initially stood at 52,000 tons in 1992, before significantly edging up to 69,000 tons in subsequent years, ultimately undergoing a negligible dip to 68,000 by 1998. Notably, a similar trajectory was observed in Africa, which recorded by far the leading position at exactly 1,397,000 tons in the first year. From that point onwards, its production rate continuously surged to reach its pinnacle of 1,920,000 tons in 1996 prior to slightly declining by the terminal year. Notwithstanding this, Africa remained the highest producer in terms of cocoa beans.
In stark contrast, both South America and Oceania underwent varying degrees of progressive contraction during the timeline surveyed. South America commenced at the second-highest producer, at 568,000 tons in 1992. However, this was followed by a sharp reversal of fortune, with its production share considerably dwindling to end at 333,000 by the remainder of the timeframe. Similarly, Oceania also demonstrated a slight decline in cocoa beans production, dropping from 42,000 in 1992 to 34,000 in the final year, despite a moderate increase in 1996. This shift made Oceania the smallest contributor to the global cocoa supply among all categories.
Regarding the remaining categories, North Central America and Asia displayed narrow fluctuations over time. Despite a contraction to below 50,000 tons from 1994 to 1996, North Central America bounced back to its initial volume of 50,000 tons in the terminal year. Meanwhile, Asia registered 416,000 tons in 1992 before peaking at 498,000 tons in 1994, followed by a substantial dip to 415,000 prior to eventually stabilizing to end the timeframe at 414,000 tons.