Cocoa arrivals reach 1,761,000 tonnes by September 20

Cocoa arrivals at ports in major producer Ivory Coast reached around 1,761,000 tonnes by Sept. 20 since the start of the season on Oct. 1, exporters estimated on Monday, up from 1,728,000 tonnes in the same period of the previous season.

Exporters estimated around 13,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to the West African state's two ports of Abidjan and San Pedro between Sept. 14 and 20, up from 9,000 tonnes during the same period last year.