Costa Rica coffee exports up 7pc during 2015/16 season

Coffee exports during the previous 2014/2015 season reached 1.16 million bags. Shipments in September, the last month of the season, were up 31.2 percent at 49,679 bags compared with the same month last year, ICAFE said.

The coffee season in Central America and Mexico, which together produce about a fifth of the world's arabica beans, runs from October through September.