The cocoa marketing season in the world's top producer runs from October to September.

Following are official figures for December cocoa bean exports in tonnes from Ivory Coast's two ports of San Pedro and Abidjan:

Dec 2018  Nov 2018  Dec 2017 Abidjan

124,622

76,402

115,486 San Pedro  137,335

85,686

116,811 Total

261,957

162,088

232,297 Cumulative  458,060

196,103

402,455.