Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Ivory Coast Cocoa Arrivals at Ports Decline 13 Percent, Exporters Say

(Bloomberg) -- Cocoa deliveries to Ivory Coast's
ports for shipment abroad have declined as much as 13 percent
since the start of the main harvesting season due to poor 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
grower, were 1.12 million to 1.13 million metric tons from Oct.
1 to July 8, 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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