ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached around

1,412,000 tonnes by July 3 since the start of the season on October 1, 2015, exporters estimated on Monday, down from 1,575,000 tonnes in the same period the previous season.

Exporters estimated around 18,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to the West African state’s two ports of Abidjan and San Pedro between June 27 and July 3, down from 29,000 tonnes during the same period last year.

(Reporting by Ange Aboa; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Louise Heavens)