The Salvadoran Coffee Association (Acafesal) presented a proposal to the Ministry of Agriculture requesting that more regulation be applied to imported coffee.  The president of the association, Omar Flores, explained to Elsalvador.com that what they are looking for is that "... El Salvador have import regulation measures that protect coffee growers, the coffee sector, because the amount of imported coffee is very high."

See " El Salvador: Exports grow 6% to October 2017 "

"... Coffee production reached 885,010 hundredweight in the 2016/2017 harvest, which indicates an increase of 6.41% compared to the 2015/2016 harvest."

"... According to data from the Association, this year coffee imports represented 24% of national production and, although it is true that it has decreased compared to the previous harvest, which represented 29%, this percentage is still a very high number for coffee producers, who hope that El Salvador will consume more coffee."

Source: elsalvador.com

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