Colombia coffee output down 21pc in November, exports down 12pc

BOGOTA: Colombia produced 1.3 million 60-kg bags of washed arabica coffee in November, down 21 percent from a year earlier, the National Coffee Growers' Federation said late on Sunday.

Exports fell 12 percent to 1.17 million bags.

Colombia's fourth-quarter coffee harvest could decrease 30 percent because of heavy rains, the head of the growers federation said last week, taking total output for the year to up to 14 million bags.

The Andean country recorded total output of 14.23 million bags in 2016.