The Colombian coffee production fell to 3.25 million 60-kilo bags between January and April this year, 6% less compared to the 3.46 million bags produced in the same months of the previous year.
According to the report of the National Federation of Coffee Growers, in April, production was 566,000 bags, 25% less compared to the 750,000 bags registered in the same month of 2022.
For the last 12 months (May 2022-April 2023), production fell 9% to 10.88 million bags from 11.98 million bags a year ago.
Y So far this coffee year (October 2022-April 2023), production was 6.18 million bags, 11% less compared to 6.98 million bags in the same previous period.
“The reduction in the harvest is explained by the increased rainfall in the coffee zone, lAfter three years of La Niña phenomenon, to which is added, lower levels of fertilization as a result of high prices of this important input,” the Federation explained in a statement.
In April, exports fell 15% to 719,000 60-kilo bags of green coffee from 848,000 bags shipped abroad the same month of 2022. So far this year, exports were close to 3.4 million bags, 15% less compared to the almost 4 million bags exported in the same previous period.
In the last 12 months, exports fell 9% to 10.8 million bags versus the 11.9 million exported a year earlier. And so far this coffee year, exports exceeded 6.2 million bags, 14% less compared to the almost 7.3 million bags shipped abroad in the same previous period.
2023-05-04 23:51:10
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