ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached around 1,506,000 tonnes by June 8, since the start of the season on October 2, exporters estimated on Tuesday, up from 1,256,000 tonnes in the same period of the previous season.

Exporters estimated around 39,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to the West African state's two ports of Abidjan and San Pedro between June 2 and June 8 up from 18,000 tonnes during the same period last year.

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