The National Federation of Coffee Growers announced that the Colombian coffee production it reached 1,025,000 60-kg bags in February, which represents a 10 percent growth compared to the 928,000 registered in the same month of the previous year.
After the prolonged girl phenomenonThe coffee union assures that the production figure is already beginning to show recovery in the volume of the harvest.
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If we take into account so far this year (January-February 2023), the country’s coffee production increased 5 percent to almost 1.9 million bags from the 1.8 million registered in the same period last year.
Meanwhile, in the last 12 months (March 2022-February 2023) production fell 8 percent to 11.2 million bags from 12.2 million a year ago.
And so far this coffee year (October 2022-February 2023), production exceeded 4.8 million bags, which also represents a 9 percent drop compared to 5.3 million bags in the same previous period. .
Exports fell 6 percent in February to 928,000 60kg bags of green coffee.
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Exports fall 6% in the month
According to the data reported by the National Federation of Coffee GrowersExports fell 6 percent in February to 928,000 60-kg bags of green coffee from 983,000 abroad the same month a year earlier.
So far this year, exports reached 1.8 million bags, 13 percent less than the little more than 2 million bags exported in the same previous period.
If we take into account the last 12 months, external coffee sales fell 8 percent to almost 11.2 million bags versus the 12.1 million exported a year earlier.
And so far this coffee year, exports were close to 4.6 million bags, 13 percent less compared to the 5.3 million bags shipped abroad in the same previous period.
