Cocoa Trade
The cocoa trade market is driven by a strong consistent worldwide demand and connects these farming families to the global market. Depending on the country, cocoa can be purchased directly from the farmers by a national cocoa organisation. By not allowing companies to purchase cocoa in bulk directly from the farmers, ensures that they are getting paid a fair amount for their goods. The cocoa trade is a complex system involving a lot of purchases and transporting to get the cocoa from the farm to the port.
Both map #3 and graph #3 give different visual representations on countries that imported cocoa powder in 2009. The map shows the location of the top 10 cocoa importing countries whilst the graph demonstrates how the countries compare to each other in regards to the amount of money each country spent on the cocoa powder.
Choropleth map #3 and graph #4 give a visual representation of the amount of money spent by the top 10 countries who imported cocoa beans in 2009. The map is able to show the location of the countries as well as the spatial distribution of the amount of money each country spent, whereas the graph is able to show which country spent the most amount of money (Netherlands) to which country spent the least amount (Italy) through the use of a declining line.