Marcelino Samayoa, CEO of the Asociación Salvadoreña de Beneficiadores y Exportadores (Abecafé), explained to Elmundo.sv that "... The drought registered in 2018 caused a slow increase in the ‘bandolas’, which are the branches of the coffee segments that should be there for 2019/2020.

See "Coffee: Still "Gold" in Central America?"

On the other hand, Sigfredo Benítez, president of the Coffee Forum, detailed that "... Although the rust "can be triggered" its consequences will be reflected in the 2019/2020 harvest. In the present one, it would have a small impact if the plants that are enough full do not have leaves, that tends to affect the maturation, there is loss for quality."

According to reports from CentralAmericaData in the last six years the average export price of Central American coffee has fallen, with the price per kilo declining from $4.51 in March 2012 to $3.10 in the same month in 2018.

Reports state that in 2017 the main coffee exporter in Central America was Honduras, with $1.321 million, followed by Guatemala, with $749 million, Nicaragua, with $513 million, Costa Rica with $308 million, El Salvador, with $121 million and Panama with $24 million.

Source: elmundo.sv

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