The country’s coffee exports rose by 38% and stood at 26,161 tonnes in January compared to 18,979 tonnes shipped in the same month of the previous year, as per report compiled by the Coffee Board of India. The export rose on account of firm global prices which have remained stable since last one month. The international prices have also gone up on expectations of lower crop in Brazil. In value terms, exports rose to Rs 393.70 crore in January this year from Rs 304.70 crore in the year-ago period, even as the unit realization was down at Rs 150,496 per tonne.
The shipment of robusta coffee rose over 90% to 10,101 tonnes in January this year, from 5,306 tonnes in the year-ago period. Similarly, export of arabica coffee increased by over 46% to 9,200 tonnes from 6,290 tonnes in the review period. But export of instant coffee remained down at 6,838 tonnes as against 7,356 tonnes in the same period. During the month of January maximum coffee was exported to Italy (5,675 tonnes), followed by Germany (2,621 tonnes), Belgium (2,109 tonnes), Jordan (1,674 tonnes), Turkey (1,646 tonnes) and Russian Federation (1,309 tonnes).
The Coffee Board of India has pegged the total output at 311,500 tonnes for 2013-14 crop year (October-September) period, down by 2.1% compared to 318,200 tonnes produced in 2012-13. Currently, arabica harvesting is almost over in the country, while robusta picking is continuing. During the April-January period of this fiscal, the country’s total coffee exports increased to 241,956 tonnes against 225,570 tonnes in the year-ago period.
As per International Coffee Organisation (ICO), the production forecast for Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, has been revised downward for this year to below 48 million bags from earlier 58 million bags. With this development, arabica prices in the global market rose to around 130 cents per pound now from 110 cents per pound a month back.
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