The Guardian

Colombia catching up with coffee exports-ICO

Jun 24 -- Colombia, the world's number 3 coffee producer and top supplier of mild arabica beans, could catch up with delays in its coffee exports around October, said Nestor Osorio, head of the International Coffee Organization.

24 de junio de 2009

He told Reuters television on Tuesday he expected Colombian output to potentially rise to 12 million 60-kg bags next season, reiterating production could fall below 10 million bags in 2008/09.

His estimate for 2008/09 is well below the Colombian national federation's estimate of 11-11.5 million tonnes.
 
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