Ivory Coast has opened its first large-scale chocolate factory. President Alassane Ouattara inaugurated the 7 million dollar plant on the outskirt of Abidjan. Our African editor Richard Hamilton reports. “Inaugurating the factory, President Alassane Ouattara said it would help the world's top producer of coco become the world's largest producer of chocolate. Most of Ivory Coast coco is exported in its raw bean form, and then turned into fancy chocolate in factories in Europe. But with economic downturn there, consumption is declining. ______________________________________________________________ World News from the BBC.科特迪瓦首座大型巧克力工厂落成开工。总统阿拉萨那·瓦塔拉为这座投资700万美元，坐落在阿比让郊外的工厂举行落成典礼。非洲编辑理查德.汉密尔顿为您报道。“总统阿拉萨那·瓦塔拉在落成典礼中表示这座工厂将帮助科特迪瓦从世界可可生产第一大国变为巧克力生产第一大国。大部分科特迪瓦的可可都以未加工的原材料形式出口，再在欧洲的工厂加工成昂贵的巧克力。然而随着欧洲经济下滑，巧克力销量也在下降。 ________________________________________________________ BBC全球新闻。
