Cocoa is a natural crop grown mainly on sustainable family farms across equatorial regions of Africa, South East Asia and South America.
We source cocoa beans and products from all major producing origins. We actively originate cocoa beans from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon. Our vast network and capabilities, however, provide us with a platform to source beans from other origins. We also source cocoa products from the United States and Europe as well as from producing countries.
We have a global sales footprint, supplying cocoa beans and products to the world’s leading chocolate manufacturers and processors.
Since we do not have holdings in processing or chocolate manufacturing, we are uniquely positioned in the industry. We focus solely on sourcing to ensure we can provide our processing and chocolate manufacturing customers with competitively priced raw materials.
Cocoa is a fragile cash crop, often grown by small-holder farmers in remote areas: two factors which contribute to the difficulty of sourcing cocoa. In order to originate cocoa successfully, Ashian Group therefore builds long term partnerships with farmers and suppliers, thereby helping to secure the supply of cocoa. When appropriate, Ashian Group also provides pre-financing in an effort to help improve the liquidity within the supply chain.