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Thousands of empty cocoa sacks sit on the dock due the ongoing crisis in Abidjan, at the San Pedro Port in Ivory Coast in January 2011. The San Pedro Port is the primary point for exporting raw materials, especially cocoa, out of the country. At times, cocoa sacks are emptied into vacuum containers as a method of transport overseas.