date:Jan 17, 2013
Double-digit percentage point gains in sales volume in the Americas and Asia-Pacific helped Barry Callebaut to an overall sales volume gain of 8% in the first quarter ended Nov. 30, 2012, the Zurich-based company said Jan. 16. Companywide sales volume of 388,160 tonnes compared with 358,567 tonnes in the previous years first quarter.
First-quarter revenue slipped to 1,248.4 million Swiss francs ($1,342 million) from 1,255.8 million Swiss francs. Comparable sales prices for cocoa ingredients wer