Why Are Cocoa Prices Falling Despite Weak Ivory Coast Arrivals?
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Côte d’Ivoire arrivals rose to 55,000 tonnes but were still down 48.6% year on year. See how expectations, ICE inventories and demand can outweigh a weak arrivals report.
The November arrivals and price snapshot
For the week ending 8 November 2026, Côte d’Ivoire exporters estimated port arrivals at 55,000 tonnes, down 48.6% from the same week a year earlier, according to a Reuters dispatch excerpt supplied to Cocoa Market Hub. Against the previous rounded weekly estimate of 51,000 tonnes, arrivals rose 7.84%. Both comparisons are useful. One describes the improvement in weekly flow and the other describes how far that flow still lagged last year.
The same dispatch reported London cocoa down 2.6% at £3,920 per tonne at 13:06 GMT on 9 November after touching £3,891. These are intraday figures from the report. Futures quotes can differ by contract and time of day.