May 22 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s natural rubber exports totalled 100,573 tonnes by end-April since the start of the year, up more than 17 percent from the same period last year, provisional port data showed on Wednesday.
Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is also Africa’s leading grower of natural rubber.
Exports have grown in recent years as farmers, lured by the promise of more stable incomes, have increasingly made the switch from cocoa.
Following are port figures in tonnes for April:
|
|
Apr 2013 |
Mar 2013 |
Apr 2012 |
|
Abidjan |
12,954 |
16,058 |
8,962 |
|
San Pedro |
11,203 |
11,343 |
8,607 |
|
Total |
24,157 |
27,401 |
17,569 |
|
Cumulative from Jan |
100,573 |
76,416 |
85,709 |
NOTE: April data for Abidjan is provisional and could be subject to revision. March data for Abidjan was revised to 16,058 tonnes from 11,346 tonnes previously.
(Reporting by Loucoumane Coulibaly; Editing by Joe Bavier)
Source: Reuters
