Ivory Coast Cocoa Arrivals Hit 28.3% Decline This Season

Main crop cocoa arrivals at ports in Ivory Coast reached 1.508 million metric tons by June 2, marking a 28.3% decline from the previous season. Between May 27 and June 2, 39,000 tons of cocoa were delivered, slightly up from 36,000 tons for the same week last year.

Main crop cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast had reached 1.508 million metric tons by June 2 in the season that started on Oct. 1, down 28.3% from the same period of the previous season, exporters estimated on Monday.

About 18,000 tons of beans were delivered to Abidjan port and 21,000 tons to San Pedro between May 27 and June 2, for a total of 39,000 tons, up from 36,000 tons in the same week of the previous season.