cocoa arrivals seen around 236,000T by Nov 18

ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached around 236,000 tonnes by Nov. 18 since the start of the season on Oct. 3, exporters estimated on Monday, compared with 292,975 tonnes in the same period of the previous season.

Last season's cumulative figure includes 10,825 tonnes of late export declarations.

Exporters estimated around 44,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to the West African state's two ports between Nov 12 to Nov. 18, down from 95,598 tonnes in the same week a year ago.