Thanks,

I am looking for any source at this point importer or further down the
chain. Any help would be appreciated.

Eric

On 16 Feb 2007 19:39:02 -0600, "Art Pollard" >
wrote:

>
> wrote in message
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>>I am looking for a source for raw cacao beans by the 70 kg or so bag.
>> They need to be organic. Would like to buy directly from the
>> importer. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
>I think you will find that most importers would be hesitant to sell single
>bags. In fact, most would be fairly hesitant to send single palates.
>(There are generally about 8 bags per palate.) The quantities simply are
>too small for them to deal with the paperwork and shipping. You would
>probably also get reamed on the shipping.since you only start to save if you
>are working with one or more palates at a time. (The shipping can be
>amoritized over more pounds and the shipping companies are happier as well.)
>
>Probably not quite what you want to hear but that is the reality of the
>situation. Finding that in organic would likely be even more difficult.
>
>-Art
>