Ivorian cocoa arrivals at 1,040,591 Tonnes

ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached 1,040,591 tonnes by March 20, up from 878,679 tonnes in the same period a year ago, according to data from the Coffee and Cocoa Bourse (BCC) seen by Reuters on Monday.

The figures showed around 3,393 beans were declared by exporters at the ports of Abidjan and San Pedro from March 14 to March 20 all except 17 tonnes of them were late declarations from previous weeks.

The figure was down from 8,525 tonnes declared in the same week of the 2009/2010 season.