North American Q3 cocoa grind up 8.25 pct yr/yr at 131,974 tonnes - NCA
NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - North American cocoa grindings jumped 8.25 percent to 131,974 tonnes in the third quarter of 2013 from a year earlier, data from the National Confectioners Association showed on Thursday.
The results were in line with expectations for a rise of between 6 percent and 10 percent.
That was up from 126,044 tonnes in the second quarter of this year and puts the region on track for its best year since 2010.
