This season's cocoa arrivals at Ivory Coast's ports reached around 887,000 tonnes by March 5 as the main crop continued to slow despite firm prices, but hopes are rising for a strong mid-crop, exporters said on Monday.
The exporters' estimate for arrivals since the October-March main crop began compared with 830,000 tonnes delivered to ports during the same period of the previous season, industry data showed.
The figures, which differ from a weekly aggregated industry estimate based on purchases by all exporting companies based in Ivory Coast, showed that around 7,200 tonnes of cocoa arrived at ports during the week of February 27 to March 5.
The main crop represents around four fifths of annual output in Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa grower.
The crop got off to a strong start last October, but has tailed off more quickly than first expected, disappointing initial hopes for a 1 million tonne main crop.
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