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To: Selectric II who wrote (659046)	11/9/2004 7:08:54 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

There goes the Price of chocolate ;) Ivory Coast Conflict Closes Cocoa Exports 11.09.2004, 06:45 AM Deadly violence in Ivory Coast has shut down cocoa exports in the world's largest producer, closing ports that ship more than 40 percent of the world's raw material for chocolate, cocoa traders said Tuesday. Clashes that have pitted Ivory Coast's government and supporters against French forces come at the peak of Ivory Coast's harvest, last year at a record of 1.4 million tons. Violence has closed the country's two main ports, in Abidjan and San Pedro, since Saturday afternoon, traders and other officials told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity. Cocoa buyers are not venturing out to buy, they said.