CONTACT Magazine (Vol.18 No.3 – December 2018)
The third issue of the rebranded CONTACT Magazine — with a brand new editorial and design direction — produced by MEP Publishers for the Trinidad & Tobago Chamber of Industry & Commerce
The third issue of the rebranded CONTACT Magazine — with a brand new editorial and design direction — produced by MEP Publishers for the Trinidad & Tobago Chamber of Industry & Commerce
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courtesy tobago cocoa estates<br />
Tobago Cocoa Estate: product quality is key<br />
Duane Dove, founder/owner of Tobago<br />
Cocoa Estate<br />
Duane Dove, founder/owner of Tobago Cocoa Estate, is often credited with putting<br />
Trinidad and Tobago’s cocoa back on the world map.<br />
He began trading with Scandinavia in 2010, and currently produces a<br />
range of different chocolate products. Tobago Estate exports almost 95% of its<br />
production, using a combined model of direct trade along with local distributors<br />
and representatives.<br />
As a chocolate maker working in the European Union for more than 20 years,<br />
Dove felt that exporting to Europe would be made easier by his experience there.<br />
He stresses that product quality is a critical factor when exporting to developed<br />
markets. Tobago Estate regularly enters international competitions to sanction<br />
its brand <strong>–</strong> in <strong>2018</strong> its Laura 45% chocolate bar secured silver in the plain/milk<br />
chocolate category at the <strong>2018</strong> European Bean-to-Bar competition.<br />
Dove’s advice to local firms: “Invest in market research when exploring new<br />
markets, and undertake feasibility studies. You need to plan your export journey<br />
carefully and thoroughly.”<br />
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Trinidad and Tobago Chamber<br />
of Industry and Commerce
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