Weeks of rainfall hampers access to cocoa grower Ivory Coast’s port

Road damage caused by weeks of heavy rainfall is hampering access to top cocoa grower Ivory Coast’s port of San Pedro, threatening to cause congestion at the port Abidjan as it moves to take up the slack, exporters said on Friday. Located in the west near the main growing regions, San Pedro – traditionally Ivory Coast’s second port – has emerged in recent years as the primary export point for Ivorian cocoa.

Last season it shipped 55 percent of the country’s output, according to the Coffee and Cocoa Council…

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