IVORY Coast’s government has ordered that 20% of cocoa purchases by multinational companies must be fulfilled by local firms in an effort to improve their competitiveness, government spokesman Amadou Coulibaly said yesterday.
Ivory coast boosts local firms’ share in cocoa exports

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