Study prepared by the UNCTAD secretariat
New York and Geneva, 2008
This study was prepared by Irene Musselli, Associate Expert, UNCTAD, under the
supervision of Olivier Combe, economic officer, Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD.
Inputs on Competition Law and Policy were provided by staff members in the Competition
and Consumer Policies Branch, UNCTAD. Various data series were provided by the
International Cocoa Organization (ICCO).
CONTENTS
I. Methodology .......1
II. Processing chain ...... 7
III. Organization and structure of the marketing chain: Patterns of vertical integration and horizontal concentration ... 15
IV. Concentration, competition and efficiency......... 33
V. Policy measures....... 45
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