Sudden! Heavy rainfall and landslides in Indonesia kill dozens of people, affecting the coffee industry

According to Indonesian local media reports, in recent days, Indonesia has been affected by bad weather, heavy rainfall, landslides, resulting in many casualties and affecting many industries in the country. According to the Indonesian National disaster Relief Agency, a landslide occurred on July 14, local time, in Mimika Regent District, Central Papua Province, Indonesia. A total of seven people, including five adults and two children, have been killed.

Earlier, on July 6, torrential rains and landslides hit a gold mine in Pony Borango County, Columbia Province, causing the miners' camp to be washed away by flooding. According to Indonesian search and rescue officials on July 13, the landslide in the province caused a total of 27 deaths, another 15 missing and 283 rescued.

The recent heavy rains in the Jakarta area have flooded several communities. Due to extreme rainfall, floods and landslides occurred in Anwen, the capital of Maluku province. The city announced that it would enter a 14-day disaster warning state from July 6. Floods occurred in Jingliwen County, West Java Province on the 7th, seriously damaging and affecting the lives of thousands of residents. The continuous heavy rainfall for a long time also caused the flooding of many rivers.

In addition, according to information released by the Indonesian Bureau of Meteorology, Climate and Geophysics, due to abnormal atmospheric phenomena, Indonesia's Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua areas may face torrential rain from July 9, and the Meteorological Bureau reminds the public to guard against disasters such as thunderstorms and floods.

In addition, the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia also issued a notice reminding Chinese citizens and enterprises in Indonesia to pay close attention to the local weather and meteorological departments to avoid travel in bad weather and high-risk areas as much as possible. prepare for thunderstorm, flood and landslide prevention in advance.

The disaster also harmed the coffee industry in Indonesia. In the areas where landslides occurred, coffee is also grown in Papua province, mainly Robusta varieties. Sumatra, Sulawesi and Papua, which are likely to suffer from heavy rain, are the main coffee growing areas in the country. Originally, most parts of Indonesia ushered in the peak of the dry season in July and August, but the dry season in Indonesia, which had less rainfall in previous years, has been raining heavily this year.

At present, coffee is being harvested in Sulawesi and Papua, while Sumatra is about to enter the coffee harvest season, and heavy rainfall will hinder the progress of coffee harvesting, and heavy rainfall will shoot down some fruits that are about to ripen or have already ripened, resulting in reduced production. And the torrential rain may bring secondary disasters to the areas where landslides have already occurred.

Since the beginning of this year, Indonesia has been suffering from floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions and other natural disasters, this year's coffee production is not optimistic. In addition, at present, the Indonesian currency has depreciated, and the rupee has depreciated by 5.9% so far this year. Although the devaluation contributes to the export of coffee and other commodities, it also improves the competitiveness of Indonesia's tourism industry. The growth of tourism also increases the domestic consumption of Indonesian coffee, which eventually leads to a reduction in the amount of coffee available for export.

Moreover, recently, the vice president of the Vietnam National Coffee Association said that this year's drought has led to a serious reduction in coffee production in Vietnam, but the upcoming La Nina phenomenon will further worsen the coffee producing areas in Vietnam, so Vietnam's coffee exports will not improve significantly in the short term, and this situation is likely to continue until December this year.

At present, Vietnam and Indonesia will see a reduction in production and exports, while Brazil's Robusta production will also be reduced and supply will be tight, so the international price of Robusta has remained high for some time.