Mexico coffee exports down

August 18, 2013

Coffee exports from Mexico fell 14.3 percent in July compared to the same month last year, reaching 280,711 60-kg bags during the month, the country’s national coffee association AMECAFE said on Friday. AMECAFE said exports through the first 10 months of the current 2012/2013 harvesting season totalled 2.9 million bags, up 7.3 percent compared to the same ten-month period during the previous 2011/2012 season.

Meanwhile, coffee exports from Nicaragua rose 13.2 percent in July compared to the same month a year ago, reaching 166,155 60-kg bags, the country’s national exports council Cetrex said on Friday. Courtesy Reuters

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