Ivory Coast Oct-Feb cocoa product exports up 4pc yr/yr

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast exported 185,156 tonnes of semi-finished cocoa products in the first five months of the 2017/18 season, up more than 4 percent from 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.

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.