According to figures from the Center for Export Procedures (Cetrex) between October 2018 and May 2019, the country sold abroad about 50,000 quintals of the Robusta variety, being the first time that the species of the grain is reported in official export figures.

José Ángel Buitrago, president of the Nicaraguan Coffee Exporters Association (Excan), confirmed to Elnuevodiario.com.ni that the country "... began to export grains of this variety. This year is already exporting Robusta, we always said that Robusta coffee has its market apart from Arabica. People said they were going to mix it, but they're so different that you're going to notice it immediately."

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Buitrago added that "... Nicaragua was an importer of robusta coffee to supply the country's instant coffee factory. Because the company that makes instant coffee is 'well supplied with the national production' the country decided to sell the surplus that is being produced."

According to CentralAmericaData's "Crop Monitoring", last year the main regional crop sold abroad was coffee, with $2.671 million, the main export destinations being the U.S., Germany, Belgium, Italy, Japan and Canada, which together represented 70% of the volume exported by the region, equivalent to approximately $2.050 million.

Source: elnuevodiario.com.ni

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