date:Jul 16, 2014
ake the US, according to Mohamed Elsarky, chief executive officer of Godiva, the luxury chocolate maker controlled by Turkish billionaire Murat Ulker. The 88-year-old Belgian firm has opened more than 50 shops in China since 2009 and seeks to double that in five years, Elsarky said.
The chocolate confectionery market in the Asia-Pacific region will expand to $16.3 billion in 2018, a 23 per cent climb from last year, according to Euromonitor. The world market, dominated by Western Europe and Nor