The east African nation is a fairly small producer of the beans but global roasters usually buy the crop, to blend with coffee from other producers, which offer beans with a lower quality.
Grade AA sold for $232-$390 per 50 kg bag while a bag of grade AB coffee fetched $204-$316 per bag, the coffee exchange said. Some 22,644 bags were offered for sale, fetching a total of $3.5 million. The average price per bag was $243.75.