Vietnam May coffee exports at 130,284 tonnes, down 21.4pc m/m

HANOI: Vietnam, the world's top robusta producer, exported 130,284 tonnes, or 2.17 million 60-kg bags, of coffee, in May, down 21.4pc from April, customs data showed on Thursday.

Actual coffee exports in April were slightly higher than the government's estimate of 130,000 tonnes.

For the first five months of the year, Vietnam exported 815,165 tonnes of coffee, up 5.0pc from a year earlier, Vietnam Customs said in a statement.

Coffee export revenue in January-May was up 3.3pc to around $1.37 billion, it said.