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Togo cocoa exports fell 47% in 2020/2021
Togo's cocoa beans exported in the just-ended 2020/2021 crop season fell 47% from the prior season.
Togo's cocoa beans exported in the just-ended 2020/2021 crop season fell 47% from the prior season, the country's Coordination Committee for Cocoa and Coffee, or CCFCC, said late Wednesday.
The CCFCC said 5,400 metric tons of the beans were exported in 2020/2021 season, compared with 10,200 tons the season before.
Though a small producer, Togo exports cocoa to Morocco, Germany, France, Italy and Israel, according to industrial and government figures.
Robusta coffee fell by 4%, compared with output of the season before, according to the Coordination Committee for Cocoa and Coffee (CCFCC).
The country produced 2,400 metric tons of robusta coffee in the 2020/2021 season, down 4% from 2,500 tons of the beans produced in the season prior, the CCFCC said in a statement signed by its Secretary-General Enselme Gouthon.
He blamed unstable weather conditions and the instability of the international market.
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