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Since 2000, certain African countries had duty-free access to the US market for a raft of goods including clothing and textiles, cocoa products and wine, as well as crude oil.

A steep fall in global cocoa production driven by unusually warm weather has driven wholesale costs to record highs.

Major packaged food makers including Quaker Oats and Folgers coffee asked Trump for targeted exemptions from tariffs on imports such as cocoa and fruit, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

American consumers are already grappling with inflation and rising ingredient costs—from the impact of avian flu on the egg supply to the doubling of international cocoa and coffee prices due to extreme weather.

Some of our favorite sweet treats are also becoming more costly due to the higher costs of cocoa and sugar.