Colombia's coffee exports will be affected by the epidemic in 2020! Colombia is optimistic about the domestic coffee market

Because of the impact of the epidemic, the travel of people all over the world has been restricted, and countries have implemented traffic control regulations one after another, which has affected the exports of many coffee-producing countries to varying degrees, and disrupted many coffee supply chains around the world. the production, transportation and retail of coffee are greatly affected.

Colombia, the fourth-largest economy in Latin America, has at least 540000 households engaged in coffee cultivation because the mandatory quarantine policy has made it impossible to harvest the area, and coffee production in Colombia fell 28% in April 2020, according to a FNC report.

Some analysts pointed out that if Colombia continues to implement the quarantine policy, there will not be enough coffee farmers to harvest coffee from October to December 2020, but Roberto V é lez, head of the Colombian National Federation of Coffee growers (FNC), said there is no need to worry too much. The unemployed near the farm can make up for the shortage of farmers temporarily, but their professionalism needs to be improved.

Colombia's coffee production is not only affected to a certain extent, coffee exports are also affected to a certain extent. According to the Coffee Finance Network, according to the Colombian National Coffee growers Union (FNC), a total of 13.7 million bags of coffee were exported in 2019 and 12.5 million bags (60 kg each) in 2020, a decrease of 1.2 million bags, or 8 per cent, compared with 2019.

According to Colombia's National Coffee grower Union, the decline in Colombian coffee exports is largely due to a reduction in production caused by COVID-19 's quarantine policy, as the supply chain from port to sea has been affected to a considerable extent. Data show that between October 2019 and June 2020, Colombia exported 9.5 million bags of coffee, a decrease of 6% compared with 10.1 million bags in the same period last year; from January 2020 to June 2020, Colombia exported 5.8 million bags of coffee, down 12% from 6.6 million bags in the same period last year.

According to People's Daily, during the epidemic, the export business of Colombian raw coffee beans to China was not greatly affected. Before the epidemic, Colombian coffee beans were mainly sold offline to the domestic catering service industry. During the outbreak, Colombian coffee beans switched to online sales, and online sales of Colombian coffee soared thanks to the country's popular e-commerce platform this year.

Wu Jiahang, chief representative of the Colombian Coffee producers Association in Greater China, said that due to the changes in international freight and logistics due to the epidemic, Chinese customs and shipping companies have adjusted their office methods in a timely manner to improve the efficiency of Colombian coffee beans entering China. Colombia, in order to ensure a stable supply of coffee, has also opened a number of green channels.

Colombia's National Coffee producers Association says Colombian coffee has more opportunities and possibilities in China, both online and offline.

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