Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached 1.195 million tonnes between Oct. 1 and Jan. 13, exporters estimated on Monday, up around 12 percent from 1.071 million tonnes in the same period last season. Exporters previously estimated that around 1.051 million tonnes of cocoa beans arrived at Ivorian ports on Jan. 6, up from 960,000 tonnes a year ago.

But figures updated with official CCC data on Dec. 31 showed 1.065 million tonnes, up from 921,000 tonnes a year ago. About 28,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to Abidjan port and 32,000 tonnes to San Pedro between Jan. 7 and Jan.13 for a total of 60,000 tonnes, down from 72,000 tonnes during the same week last season.

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