TEGUCIGALPA: Honduran coffee exports fell more than 15 percent in December due to delays in the harvest, the head of the country's coffee exporters association said on Monday.
The harvest was slow in December due to delays in ripening in high-altitude areas, said Miguel Pon, the head of ADECAFEH. Labor shortages were also a factor, he added.
Shipments from Central America's largest coffee exporter totaled 356,598 60-kg sacks in December, compared with 422,141 sacks in the same month in 2017, according to preliminary figures from the national coffee institute (IHCAFE).
Exports for the 2018-2019 crop are expected to climb 13 percent over the 2017-2018 crop due to increased productivity at farms, according to IHCAFE.
Like other producers in Central America and Mexico, farms in Honduras are still recovering from a bout of the roya fungus four years ago, which hampered exports. The harvest runs from October to September.
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