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Cameroon cocoa exports rose 18 percent in 2010-11 seasons: NCCB

YAOUNDE : Cocoa exports from Cameroon , the world's fifth biggest grower, totalled 202,721 tonnes during the full 201
Published August 12, 2011

cocoa_beansYAOUNDE: Cocoa exports from Cameroon, the world's fifth biggest grower, totalled 202,721 tonnes during the full 2010-11 season, up nearly 18 percent from the previous season's 172,177 tonnes, according to preliminary data from the National Coffee and Cocoa Board issued on Friday.

Cameroon's cocoa season runs from the beginning of August to the end of July, and authorities have said good weather was a major factor behind this season's increase in shipments.

 

Copyright Reuters, 2010

 

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