Exporters reported on Monday that cocoa arrivals in ports of Ivory Coast, the top producer, had dropped to a revised 1,620 million metric tonnes by July 27, since the start date of the season was October 1. This is down from 1.655 metric tons for the same period the previous season.

After the West African nation’s cocoa sector regulator CCC announced on July 23, that

official arrivals

As of June 30, there were 1.579 million tonnes.

Between July 21 and 27, 5,000 tons of bean were delivered to Abidjan and 8,000 tonnes to San Pedro, for a total 13,000 tons. This is up from the 11,000 tons that was delivered in the same period last year. (Reporting and editing by Ayen deng Bior; Ange Aboa)

(source: Reuters)