Ivory Coast Jan-Feb cotton exports up 15pc

ABIDJAN: Cotton exports from Ivory Coast totaled 97,470 tonnes to the end of February, up more than 15 percent from the previous year, provisional port data showed on Thursday.

Annual cotton output was around 400,000 tonnes before a 2002-2003 civil war plunged the country into nearly a decade of political turmoil.

Attractive prices in recent years have drawn farmers back to the sector.

The main port of Abidjan is also the primary point of export for cotton produced in Ivory Coast's landlocked neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso.