As a result of the imbalance reported in world trade flows due to the pandemic, Nicaraguan coffee producers have been affected by the shortage of containers facing the country.
Due to the climatic conditions predicted for the months of July and August, an increase is expected in the presence of the disease in coffee plantations in Costa Rica.
During July there is a typical decrease in rainfall known as "la canícula", a period in which Rust progresses slowly and the emergence of new lesions is less.However, at the same time there is a greater presence of spores in the lesiones favored by the warmer temperature and by weaker and less frequent rains.This situation will promote a largeincrease in the disease in the majority of the Costa Rican coffee plantations when more abundant rains return starting in August, reported the Coffee Institute of Costa Rica (Icafé).
In Colombia a simplified export procedure allows anyone to use the system, by sending their product through courier companies.
The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, with the aim of promoting the export of small quantities of coffee, has developed a simplified export procedure, which allows any natural or legal person who has registered in advance as a coffee exporter to make use of this format, whereby companies use postal and courier services, which will be registered in the system of the Federation for that purpose.
It has been noted that lack of a national policy for development of the sector in the long term has prevented more than 2 million hundredweight from being produced on average every year since 2000.
Production has stagnated, with figures close to two million hundredweight for the past three years, surpassed by Guatemala and Honduras, with production levels 4 and 6 million respectively.
The thirteenth edition of the Nicaragua Cup of Excellence 2015 will be held on April 24 in Matagalpa.
Those interested in participating have until March 23 to submit their samples. In order to enter the competition entrants must have at least 15 quintals of export quality coffee. The main objective of this event is to chose the best specialty coffees from the last harvest.
In December 2014 coffee prices continued to fall, and the monthly average indicative price calculated by the International Coffee Organization was the lowest since February.
From 'Coffee Market Report - December 2014' by the International Coffee Organization (ICO):
The coffee market ended 2014 with the lowest level in ten months
In December 2014 coffee prices continued to fall, and the ICO 's monthly average price indicator was the lowest since February. The latest estimates from external sources, including the private sector and the Ministry of Agriculture of the USA (USDA) suggest that Brazilian production in crop year 2015/16 could recover relatively quickly. According to official estimates from Conab, estimated production in crop year 2015/16 will be between 44.1 and 46.6 million bags. Production in 2014/15 has been revised and increased to 45.3 million bags, representing a decrease of 7.7% compared to 2013/14. As indicated last month, it is provisionally estimated that world production in crop year 2014/15 will be 141.4 million bags, 3.6% lower than the 146.8 million bags produced in 2013 / 14, a calculation which has also been reviewed and increased.
Projections are that the high earnings achieved in the last harvest may not be repeated once production recovers in Brazil and Central America overcomes the problem of rust.
The recovery of Colombian coffee production is due to several factors, including improved planting, renovation of 3,051 million coffee trees and problems faced in other producing countries.
Of the major producers in the region, Nicaragua was the most affected, having exported 64% less in the first four months of the harvest.
Except for Brazil coffee exports from nine countries in Latin America fell by 8% during the first four months of the harvest which began in October compared with the same period of the previous cycle. Nicaragua was the most affected with a fall of 64 % in sales of the grain.
The international price of the grain was quoted at $172.60 per quintal in New York Stock Exchange.
On Wednesday, the price of coffee rose again, resulting in an increase of $52.6 in just 19 days.
Miguel Pon, CEO of the Honduran Association of Coffee Exporters explained: "Even though there as rainfall in the coffee areas this weekend (in Brazil), a new forecast of a reduced amount of precipitation in the next few weeks encouraged speculative buying as evidenced by participation of funds. " '
After a year's absence because of the impact of the rust blight, the coffee trading association is once again organizing the contest in order to boost exports.
The Specialty Coffee Association of Nicaragua (ACEN) is preparing for the 2014 Cup of Excellence event, considered of great importance in keeping the franchise of the Alliance for Coffee of Excellence. Because of the impact caused by rust, last year the event was not held.
In January Colombia produced 1 million sacks weighing 60 kilos, 15% more than the 877,000 sacks produced in the same month of 2013.
The National Federation of Coffee Growers confirmed that during January 1.01 million sacks of coffee weighing 60 kilos each were produced in Colombia, which is an increase of 15% compared to the 877,000 sacks produced in the same month of 2013.
The dry weather in Brazil drove up the price of arabica coffee by 23% in a week, but the upward trend is not expected to last.
On Tuesday coffee prices reached their highest levels in several months caused by dry weather in Brazil, the largest producer and exporter in the world, which could affect the next crop.
"The price of Arabica increased by 23% in a week and 36% since last November, when it reached its lowest price in seven years (100.95 cents per pound)."
Establishes a tax of $1 per quintal while the price is below $140, going up to $4 per quintal if prices exceed $185.
The recently passed law for the Transformation and Development of Coffee Plantations states that the proceeds from this tax will be used to create a fund for the development of domestic production.
If the price is less than $140 per quintal, the contribution will be $1, and if it is in the range of $140 to $165 it will be $2, if it is between $165 and $185 it will be $3, and if it is more than $185 it will be $4.
In November 1.11 million bags of 60 kilos of grain were produced, 45% more than the in the same period in the previous harvest in November.
The information was confirmed by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of that country.
Colombian rise in coffee production was "driven by the renewal of the crops which raised productivity and the health of the coffee plantations, as well as the improved climate", reported Prensa.com.