Uganda coffee exports rise 9pc

KAMPALA: Uganda coffee exports for October rose by 9 percent to 229,438 60-kg bags of coffee compared with the same month a year ago, an industry body said on Wednesday, reversing a pattern of lower exports this year.

Shipments in October fetched $30.7 million compared with $22.7 million earned in the same month a year ago, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority source said.

David Muwonge, head of marketing and production at the National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises, said there was "a good mix of rains and dry conditions which are helpful especially in the maturing stages of the crop."