US green coffee stocks made their biggest monthly drop in two years in October, data from the Green Coffee Association (GCA) showed on Wednesday, taking inventory levels to a six-month low as exports from the world's biggest grower lagged. Reported stocks of arabica and robusta coffee in US warehouses fell by 154,706 bags, the biggest monthly drop since November 2015, to 7.04 million bags, the lowest since April, GCA data showed.
This was the third straight monthly decline from the 7.4 million bags in July, which was the highest level in more than 16 years. The reduction came as ICE certified arabica stocks were on track for the first monthly drop in 11 months, potentially taking levels off a two-year high reached in October.
Total global coffee exports reached a record in the 2016/17 marketing year, International Coffee Organization data showed, but Brazil's exports fell sharply in September and October, according to exporters association Cecafe.
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