Ivorian cocoa arrivals seen at 1,719,000 tonnes by Sept 21

ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached around 1,719,000 tonnes by Sept. 21 since the start of the season on Oct. 2, exporters estimated on Monday, up from 1,462,000 tonnes in the same period of the previous season.

Exporters estimated around 9,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to the West African state's two ports of Abidjan and San Pedro between Sept. 15 and 21, down from 20,000 tonnes during the same period last year.