Ivory Coast October consumer inflation falls to -0.3 pct: stats office

A girl smiles in between spices at Adjame's market in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, October 2, 2015. REUTER/Thierry Gouegnon

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast consumer price inflation fell to minus 0.3 percent year-on-year in October, down from 2.5 percent in September, data from the National Statistics office showed on Monday. The economy of the world's top cocoa grower makes up around 40 percent of the eight-nation West African CFA franc currency zone. (Reporting by Loucoumane Coulibaly; Editing by Dakar Newsroom)