Ivory Coast Oct-April cocoa product exports up 1pc

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast exported 247,918 tonnes of semi-finished cocoa products from the start of the season on Oct. 1 to the end of April, up 1 percent on the same period a year earlier, provisional port data showed on Tuesday.

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

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. ?Reuters