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Ivorian Cocoa Strike Goes into Second Week - Unions

Source: Reuters
27/10/2008

Abidjan, Oct 27 - Cocoa farmers in the world's top grower Ivory Coast continued a strike over prices into a second week, producers' unions said on Monday.

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Farmers in the important southwestern region around the port of San Pedro, which handles nearly half the nation's output, and in the less important eastern region began disrupting deliveries of cocoa last week to press demands for higher prices.



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