Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Ivory Coast Cocoa Arrivals Decline 12 Percent This Season, Exporters Say

(Bloomberg) -- Cocoa deliveries to Ivory Coast's
ports for shipment abroad have declined as much as 12 percent
since the start of the main harvesting season due to a lack of
rains, according to exporters with access to the information.

Arrivals at the ports of Abidjan and San Pedro from farms
in the country, a measure of production in the world's biggest
growing country, were 1.13 million to 1.14 million metric tons
from Oct. 1 to July 15, the exporters said today. They based
their estimates on figures provided by the state-run Bourse du
Cafe et du Cacao and their own data. They declined to be named
because the data are confidential.


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