The table below shows the production of cacao beans in six regions between 1992 and 1998.
The table compares six different regions, namely North and Central America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, South America, and England in terms of the amount of produced cacao beans during from 1992 to 1998.
Overall, Asia and South America were the biggest producers of cacao beans in all years, and both regions had substantial increase in production compared to other areas.
In 1992, South America was the market leader in cacao beans production at 143,000 tons. Its number slightly dropped to 127,000 in 1996, then skyrocketed in the following two years, peaking at 389,000 tons. Similarly, cacao production in Asia made considerable gains from 119,000 to 436,000 tons within the surveyed period, nearly quadrupling its original number. By 1998, Asia had supplanted South America as the largest producer of cacao beans. Meanwhile, Oceania improved its cacao yield from 40,000 to 77,000 tons in the same period.
Conversely, cacao manufacturing in the remaining regions either shrank or remained static. Africa enjoyed massive growth in cacao production from 29,000 to 119,000 in 1996 before experiencing an equally dramatic collapse to only 25,000, two years later. In contrast, cacao production in North and Central America dropped in the first 2 years, then recovered back to the original figure of 46,000 tons. England, meanwhile, experienced fluctuations in its cacao output over the years, though its final yield in 1998 was at 49,000 tons, 7,000 tons lower than 6 years prior.
| Regions | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 |
| North and CentralAmerica | 46000 | 25000 | 39000 | 46000 |
| Afica | 29000 | 43000 | 119000 | 25000 |
| Oceania | 40000 | 45000 | 65000 | 77000 |
| South America | 143000 | 140000 | 127000 | 389000 |
| England | 56000 | 67000 | 43000 | 49000 |
| Asia | 119000 | 124000 | 234000 | 436000 |
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