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Ethiopia's coffee bean exports pick up but face falling prices

Published: 2024-11-02 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/02, According to the Volta Information Center on March 11, Ethiopia exported 73227 tons of coffee in the first half of fiscal year 15 (July-December 2014), with a total sales revenue of US $30.75 million, reaching 99.5 per cent and 114.3 per cent respectively. The coffee export target for this fiscal year is 235950 tons, with a total sales revenue of US $86.25 million. The article said that the increase in coffee income in the first half of the fiscal year was mainly due to the rebound in export prices.

According to the Volta Information Center on March 11, Ethiopia exported 73227 tons of coffee in the first half of fiscal year 15 (July-December 2014), with a total sales revenue of US $30.75 million, reaching 99.5 per cent and 114.3 per cent respectively. The coffee export target for this fiscal year is 235950 tons, with a total sales revenue of US $86.25 million.

The article said that the increase in coffee revenue in the first half of the fiscal year was mainly due to the rebound in export prices, but international coffee prices fluctuated greatly. since January this year, international coffee prices began to decline, reaching 163.6 cents / lb in early February and 137.6 cents / lb in early March. Ethiopia's Ministry of Industry expects the price to further fall to 137.6 cents / lb, so it proposes that the government should establish an export subsidy mechanism. The article said that the international price of coffee is not determined by supply and demand, but more by politics and other factors.

It is reported that Ethiopia's coffee production ranks fifth in the world, accounting for 4.5% of the world's coffee supply, followed by Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam and Colombia, accounting for 34.5%, 8.75%, 7.99% and 7.17% of the global coffee supply, respectively.

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