Coffee exports from Honduras fell 18 per cent in January 2021 Central American coffee exports are forecast to fall by 10.7 per cent

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Last year, the National Institute of Honduras (IHCAFE) had expected 6.3 million bags (60 kg / bag) of Honduran coffee to be exported in 2020. But hurricanes ETA and LOTA both hit in November 2020, damaging coffee trees in Honduras and accelerating the spread of spores of coffee leaf rust. The destruction of the hurricane and the spread of leaf rust will have a long-term impact on coffee production, exports and quality in Honduras.

In the wake of the hurricane, IHCAFE cut Honduras's estimated coffee exports by 11% to 5.6 million bags in 2020. Although the estimated volume has been lowered, it has increased by 2% compared with last year's Honduran coffee exports of 5.5 million bags.

Coffee data released by IHCAFE on February 1st showed that coffee exports from Honduras fell 18 per cent in January compared with the same period last year, while coffee exports in Central America totaled 590481 bags, a decrease of 82 to 718886 bags compared with the same period last year.

Miguel Pon, executive director of the Honduran Coffee exporters Association, said: "the decline in exports in January is due to the continued spread of COVID-19 and continued import and export restrictions in many countries. At the same time, demand for coffee in the global market has not yet recovered, and there are still many Central American coffee beans exported last year that cannot be sold and hoarded. "

In data released on February 1st, IHCAFE also lowered its forecast for Central American coffee exports by 10.7% to 5606871 bags in 2020 / 21.

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