The five-day suspension showed how localized disputes can trigger broader market instability.
Rising global cocoa prices drive record export earnings across West Africa, offsetting declining production in key producing countries including Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.
ECOWAS trade frameworks, which support free movement of goods across member countries, provide a legal basis for resolving the conflict.
The initiative will create a new maritime trade corridor designed to facilitate cargo flows and expand economic cooperation between the two regions.
FABAG warns Ghana’s sugar classification policy is driving up production costs and prices, urging reforms to support manufacturers and strengthen industrial competitiveness.