Cocoa is a tropical evergreen tree, Sterculiaceae, the cacao tree growth is slow, very delicate, the production of cocoa beans before 5-7 years after planting, the highest annual age to 25, and then gradually degraded. The fruit maturity of 4-6 months. Mature twice a year, mainly for the harvest season from October to December, Ecuador cacao harvest later, usually every year in December to next January, was the fruit pod-like, 15-30 cm long, green outside, there 30.40 fruit after harvest after removing the need fermented cocoa beans, each tree can be harvested year 1-2 kg of dry cocoa beans. Cocoa has a high nutritional value, its main ingredient is cocoa butter, cocoa and coffee bases, namely carbohydrates, fats, proteins and minerals magnesium, potassium, and alkaloids (Luk Mei grass alkali, etc.), concentrations are high. Cocoa is the main raw material for making chocolate, also has its semi-finished and finished products. Such as ground cocoa, cocoa mass, cocoa liquid or juice, cocoa butter, cocoa cake and cocoa powder, cocoa also be used as the rest of the raw materials of cosmetics, and the other can be used as animal feed, but also wine and the like. Cocoa butter is a natural fat cocoa beans, it does not increase blood cholesterol. And chocolate has a unique smooth feel and the entrance of the properties. Although studies have shown that cocoa butter has a very high saturated fat content, but not as elevated blood cholesterol like other saturated fats. This is because it has a high content of stearic acid. Stearic acid is one of the major fatty acids of cocoa butter, it can reduce blood cholesterol. ---------------- EPH (Yiheng) international logistics supply chain (China) Co., Ltd. a professional import and export agents, customs agents, inspection, international freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution and transportation , foreign exchange settlement and other "one-stop" professional logistics services. 2, focusing on food imports in the field; its own food distribution, wholesale liquor qualification, qualification consignee for the record, the price dynamic evaluation system; obtain "Chinese soil Livestock Import and Export Chamber of Commerce" membership. 3, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter Cocoa powder: HS coding 1.805 billion, tariff: 15% VAT: 17% 4, sugar or other sweetening matter Cocoa powder: HS coding 1806100000 tariffs: 10%, value-added Tax: 17% 5, cocoa imports required documents: country of origin, health certificate, date of production of that product ingredients table, if you are in a foreign language labels ---------------- some cocoa powder or other food import business on doubt, you can contact directly or QQ online free consultation, I will be the first time for you to provide professional answers. ---------------- Contact: Mr. Xu Mobile: 15022511763 Tel: 022-5918 2810 QQ: 2880 668 111 Address: Nanjing Road, Heping District, No. 131 Fu-Mart Building 11F