Ivorian cocoa arrivals dropped from around 9pc by June 19

ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached around 1,374,000 tonnes by June 19, 2016 since the start of the season on October 1, 2015 exporters estimated on Monday, down from 1,517,000 tonnes in the same period of the previous season.

Exporters estimated around 20,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to the West African state's two ports of Abidjan and San Pedro between June 13 to June 19 down from 24,000 tonnes during the same period last year.