Ivory Coast Oct-Feb cocoa product exports down 7pc

ABIDJAN: Exports of semi-finished cocoa products from Ivory Coast dropped 7 percent to 179,998 tonnes from October to February compared with the same period a year earlier, provisional port data showed on Thursday.

The cocoa season in the world's top producer runs from October to September.

Ivory Coast has the capacity to process 706,000 tonnes of cocoa per year, which is up 50 percent since 2010, but in practice it only grinds 520,000 tonnes into finished and unfinished products.

The following are official figures for cocoa product exports in tonnes, including a breakdown of cocoa powder, butter and chocolate.

There was no breakdown for other cocoa derivatives.