Coffee export declines by 4% in September

20 Oct 2011 Evaluate

India’s coffee exports have declined by 4 per cent in September this year due to low stocks and the weak global economic situation. According to Coffee Board data the country exported 24,041 tonnes of coffee in the month against 25,128 tonnes in the year-ago period.

In the first nine months of the current calendar year, shipments of the brew rose 30 percent to 2.92 lakh tonnes from 2.24 lakh tonnes in the same period last year. India largely exports coffee to Italy, Germany, Russia, Belgium and Spain. For the coffee crop year 2010-11 (October-September), India’s coffee exports grew by 41 per cent to touch 358,278 tonnes. This is an all-time high export year for the Indian coffee sector, which exported 253,715 tonnes during the previous crop year. Considering that the domestic market consumes around 70,000 tonnes next year, exporters will be left with around 20,000 tonnes.

The All-India Coffee Exporters’ Association President, Ramesh Raja said that “Coffee exports could have been lower in September, but since the DEPB export scheme was ending last month, exporters cleared their stocks, thus limiting the decline,” The only silver lining is the weak rupee against the US dollar, which increases the value of dollar exports in rupee terms, he said.

Outlook for overseas shipments during October to December period is on the negative side due to low domestic stocks and the weak global economic scenario as with production in Brazil and Vietnam expected to be high, prices in the global market may decline further. For the year 2011, the Brazilian coffee output is likely to be higher by about 20 per cent to reach around 57 million bags (each bag is 60 kg). While, the crop in Vietnam is expected to be higher by 10 per cent to touch around 20 million bags compared to the 2010 levels.

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