Brazil ships 10pc less coffee in 2017, sees recovery in 2018

SAO PAULO: Brazil exported 27.31 million 60-kg bags of green coffee in 2017, 10 percent less than in 2016, as a smaller crop and slow farmer sales reduced shipments to the smallest volume since 2012, exporters association Cecaf? said on Tuesday.

The association expects better volumes in 2018 when the country will likely produce a record crop, but monthly volumes will only recover around June when the new harvest start to reach warehouses.