Ivory Coast cocoa port deliveries unhindered by strike
Cocoa deliveries at ports in Ivory Coast in the past two days exceeded last week's total, data showed on Wednesday, despite a strike that is threatening to block bean deliveries and exports....
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Cocoa deliveries at ports in Ivory Coast in the past two days exceeded last week's total, data showed on Wednesday, despite a strike that is threatening to block bean deliveries and exports....
3 Min Read ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Top cocoa producer Ivory Coast’s largest growers’ union called on its members on Monday to strike and threatened to block port deliveries in response to low prices and warehouse backlogs. A farmer works on a cocoa farm in Bobia, Gagnoa, Ivory Coast, December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon//File Photo More than 100,000 tonnes of cocoa beans are piled up in farm warehouses because of a demand slump during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting some farmers to sell below the guaranteed farm gate price. The National Association of Ivorian Producers (ANAPROCI), whi...