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Falling cocoa prices could mean that authorities in Ivory Coast have to cut payments to growers, heightening risks for global markets as well as the domestic economy. The price of chocolate has fallen by more than half since mid-2014 and is now trading at about $US1.20 a kilogram, down from around US$2.10 last year.