ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached 2.138 million tonnes for the Oct. 1, 2018 - Aug. 4 period, exporters estimated on Monday, up from 1.972 million tonnes during the same period last season.
* About 5,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to Abidjan and 6,000 tonnes to San Pedro from July 29 to August 4 for a total of 11,000 tonnes, up from 10,000 tonnes during the same week last season.
* Ivory Coast's 2018/19 October-to-March main crop ended with production of 1.660 million tonnes on March 31, according to official CCC data.
* Cocoa bean arrivals at the ports of Abidjan and San Pedro reached 536,000 tonnes between the start of the mid-crop on April 1 and August 4, up from 472,000 tonnes during the same period last season.
* Mid-crop arrivals reached a record of 500,000 tonnes last season and are expected to be around 600,000 tonnes this season, according to pod counters and exporters.
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