Nigeria: Cocoa Faces Export Ban

19 August 2010

NIGERIA may be on the verge of losing out in the cocoa export business at the end of the year for failing to to comply with the European Union's standard requirement of chemicals used in the production of the commodity.

Indeed, the nation stands the risk of its cocoa product being rejected at the international market due to the use of substandard chemicals in its cocoa plantations.

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