[28 Jan] Ivory Coast 2009 Rubber Exports Up 5%

Ivory Coast's natural rubber exports totalled 220,375 tonnes from January to December 2009, up 4.8 percent on the previous year, provisional port data showed on Tuesday.

Ivory Coast is Africa's leading grower of natural rubber.

Following are port figures in tonnes, from the start of theyear:

	Dec 09	Nov 09	Dec 08
Abidjan	13,949	9,516	8,852
San Pedro	9,781	11,890	9,757
Total	23,730	21,406	18,609
Cumulative	220,375	196,645	210,190
NOTE: Port data for Abidjan is provisional and could be revised.

(Source: irco.biz)