| 2015 was a disaster for commodity markets as the S&P GSCI, an index that tracks commodities, fell 32%. The 2016 outlook for commodity markets is not much better, except for cocoa and sugar, two commodities that yielded positive returns in 2015. In fact, cocoa was the best performing commodity last year with prices up 10%.
The increase in price is partly linked to the surge in chocolate consumption in India and China. According to Euromonitor International, chocolate demand in India has been growing 17% a year since 2010, faster than any other country in the world. In China, demand has been rising nearly 9% per year over the same period...............................................Full Article: Source
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