In the attached article titled “Higher Costs Bite Chocolate Makers”, graphs show increases in cocoa and sugar prices. Sugar prices increased from $0.11 per pound at the beginning of 2015 to $0.20 per pound at the end of June 2016. The annualized price increase over 18 months was:
32.65%
38.00%
40.91%
48.97%
81.82%