Guatemala Reduces Coffee Export Target

Anacafé, the country's Coffee Association, assured that exports for 2009/10 will be between 4.43 and 4.69 million quintals.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

This is below the original forecast of 4.77 million quintals.

Ricardo Villanueva, president of the National Coffee Association, explained that “this downward revision happens as we expect irregular rain for the next winter… and that … some coffee growers were unable to fertilize their plantations adequately”.

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