DJ Barry Callebaut Cameroon Buys 20,293 Tons Cocoa Beans Aug-Jun

YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Jul 25, 2008 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) -- BYCBF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- The Cameroon subsidiary of Switzerland-based Barry Callebaut AG (BARN.EB) bought 20,293 metric tons of cocoa beans for processing in August-June of the 2007-08 season (August-July), down from 21,681 tons a year earlier, figures from the National Cocoa and Coffee Board show.

Barry Callebaut Cameroon bought 548 tons of cocoa beans in June alone, slightly lower than 687 tons it bought a year earlier.

This subsidiary, locally known as the Societe Industrielle Camerounaise des Cacaos SA, has the capacity to process 30,000 tons of cocoa beans a year. The Swiss firm owns 70% of the shares and the rest are controlled by the Cameroon government and local private individuals.

-By Emmanuel Tumanjong, contributing to Dow Jones Newswires; +237-7773-1930, tnuel@yahoo.com

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