Abidjan, Oct 6 - Ivory Coast has cut the main export tax on cocoa products, the economy ministry announced on Tuesday, a week after the world's top grower cut taxes on beans in a bid to boost stagnating production.
The across-the-board cuts represent reductions of just under five percent on existing levies, with for example the DUS (droit unique de sortie) tax on cocoa butter falling from 210 CFA per (47.2 U.S. cents) per kilo to 200.
Ivory Coast last week informed exporters of a 4.5 percent cut in the DUS for cocoa beans to 210 CFA francs for the new season, which started on Oct. 1.
The high level of taxes on Ivorian growers has been cited as a factor behind a gradual slump in output, as some farmers leave the sector to pursue more remunerative crops.