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Ivory Coast cocoa ban stays until March 31
15.03.2011 15:23 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Ivory Coasts presidential
claimant Alassane Ouattara will extend a ban on cocoa
exports from the worlds top grower until March 31, a statement
from his government said on Monday.
The ban, combined with European Union sanctions, aims
to starve incumbent Laurent Gbagbos administration of
funds and together they have wreaked havoc on the cocoa
industry by slowing port arrivals to a trickle.
«The Prime Minister Guillaume Soro informs traders in the
cocoa sector that the measure to suspend exports of coffee
and cocoa is prolonged until March 31,» the statement from
Ouattaras government said.
«The government reminds the coffee and cocoa sector that
contravening this measure will expose them to national
and international sanctions.»
Ouattara beat Gbagbo in a Nov. 28 presidential election,
according to U.N.-certified results, but Gbagbo has refused
to go, defying international condemnation and Western
sanctions.
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