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Côte d’Ivoire freezes 2023-2024 cocoa exports due to bad weather

The world’s largest producer of cocoa, Côte d’Ivoire, has suspended its 2023-2024 exports citing bad weather that has caused the death of at least 30 people since April 2023. Yves Brahima Koné, head of the country’s cocoa regulator, told media that the freeze will deal a blow to buyers who are big raw materials trading […]

Japan’s JTEKT Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for First Power Steering Plant in Morocco

Japanese automotive supplier JTEKT has launched the construction works of a plant to produce electric power steering systems. The plant, the Japanese group’s first in the MENA region, is located in Tangier. With an initial investment of $22 million, the factory aims to reach an initial production capacity of 300,000 units a year when it […]

Côte d’Ivoire-Morocco: Trade Influx Reaches $200 million, Eagerness to do Better

Moroccan authorities are eager to scale up economic exchanges to their full potential with Côte d’Ivoire even though trade between the two partners has more than doubled over a short period of time. For Mohammed Abbou, Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Trade, Cote d’Ivoire and Morocco can do much better even though trade between the two […]