Ivory Coast seeks to Boost Cocoa Market Share

Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, expects to raise its output this year to the point that it could account for half of the world’s production, President Alassane Ouattara said on Saturday.

“We produce 40 percent. Probably this year it could be 50 percent of world cocoa,” Ouattara told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.

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