Barry Callebaut has announced its key sales figures for the first nine months of fiscal year 2008/09 ended May 31, 2009. With sales volumes up 2.6% to 895,391 tonnes for the nine month period under review, growth has resumed after reaching a low in November 2008. In the third quarter, Barry Callebaut's sales volumes significantly accelerated across all regions and businesses and showed an increase of 8.8% - in contrast to the contraction in the global chocolate market.