OREANDA-NEWS. February 17, 2015. Cocoa arrivals at ports in Ivory Coast, the world's top producer, reached around 1,175,000 tonnes by Feb. 15 since the start of the season on Oct. 1, exporters estimated on Monday, up from 1,130,000 tonnes in the same period of the previous season.

Exporters estimated around 34,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to the West African state's two ports of Abidjan and San Pedro between Feb. 9 to Feb.15 up from 14,000 tonnes during the same period last year.