Vietnam 2017/2018 coffee exports up 12.3pc y/y at 1.795mn T

HANOI: Vietnam, the world's second-biggest coffee producer, exported 1.795 million tonnes (29.9 million 60-kg bags) of coffee in the 2017/18 crop year, an increase of 12.3 percent from the previous crop, customs data showed on Tuesday.

Coffee exports in September were 120,665 tonnes, dropping 21.3 percent from August and lower than a government estimate of 130,000 tonnes.

Coffee exports in the January to September period rose to 1.447 million tonnes, up 18.8 percent from a year earlier, while coffee export revenue in the nine-month period eased 0.5 percent to $2.75 billion, Vietnam Customs said in a report.