Global coffee exports rose 0.7 pct in Dec

LONDON: Global coffee exports rose 0.7 percent in December from a year earlier to 10.62 million 60-kg bags, data from the International Coffee Organization (ICO) showed on Wednesday.

For the first three months of the 2017/18 season, which began on Oct. 1 last year, coffee exports fell 6.7 percent to total 28.36 million bags.

Arabica coffee exports in December were at 6.60 million bags, 1.7 percent lower than a year earlier.

Cumulative arabica exports for the season to date fell 4.0 percent to 18.66 million bags.

Robusta coffee exports rose 5.1 percent in December, from a year earlier, to 4.03 million bags.

Cumulative robusta exports for the season to date fell 11.5 percent to 9.70 million bags.