* About 5,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to Abidjan and 6,000 tonnes to San Pedro from July 29 to August 4 for a total of 11,000 tonnes, up from 10,000 tonnes during the same week last season.

* Ivory Coast's 2018/19 October-to-March main crop ended with production of 1.660 million tonnes on March 31, according to official CCC data.

* Cocoa bean arrivals at the ports of Abidjan and San Pedro reached 536,000 tonnes between the start of the mid-crop on April 1 and August 4, up from 472,000 tonnes during the same period last season.

* Mid-crop arrivals reached a record of 500,000 tonnes last season and are expected to be around 600,000 tonnes this season, according to pod counters and exporters.