Coffee exports up by 13% to 48k tonnes in January-February 2019

05 Mar 2019 Evaluate

India, the largest producer and exporter of coffee, has shipped about 48,330 tonnes of coffee during the first two months of this calendar year, up by 13.26%, compared to last year's 42,670 tonnes of coffee. Italy, Germany and Russia were the major export destinations for Indian coffee during the period, while Robusta, Arabica varieties and instant coffee were the main shipments.

Robusta coffee exporting marked a hike of 28.42% to 34,090 tonnes during January-February 2019, from 26,545 tonnes in the same period last year. Meanwhile, the export of Arabica coffee increased by 14.39% to 11,156 tonnes, from last year same period's 9,752 tonnes. Even though, instant coffee exports declined as volumes remained at 3,047 tonnes during January-February of 2019, when compared with 5,704 tonnes in the year-ago period.

Coffee output is pegged higher at 3,19,500 tonnes for 2018-19 crop year (October-September), as compared to the final output of 3,16,000 tonnes achieved last year. The major exporting companies of the country are CCL Products India, Tata Coffee, Olam Agro and Coffee Day Global.

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