象牙海岸将控制可可豆销售

Ivory Coast's disputed President Laurent Gbagbo has ordered the government to take control of all cocoa purchases and exports.

象牙海岸有争议的总统洛朗·巴博下令对所有可可豆的收购与出口实行严格控制。

Ivory Coast is the world’s biggest cocoa producer
A decree（法令，判决） read out on state TV said the purchase from producers "will be undertaken exclusively by the state".

Alassane Ouattara, internationally recognised as president, earlier called for a temporary ban on exports to try to force Mr Gbagbo from power.

Ivory Coast is the world's biggest cocoa producer.

The country's industry accounts for 40% of global supplies and is currently dominated by multinational¹ companies.

The price of cocoa has been trading at its highest levels for a year, as supplies have been strangled（抑制） by recent sanctions（制裁，惩罚） and the near collapse² of the banking³ system.

The UN-backed electoral commission says Mr Ouattara won presidential elections in November, but the Constitutional Council overruled（否决，统治） it, citing rigging（索具，绳索） in the north.