Vietnam Jan-Sept coffee exports up 13.7 y/y at 1.3mn tonnes

HANOI: Coffee exports from Vietnam are estimated to have increased 13.7% in the first nine months of this year from a year earlier to 1.3 million tonnes, equivalent to 21.7 million 60-kg bags, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said on Thursday.

Coffee export revenue for Vietnam, the world’s biggest producer of the robusta bean, rose 37.6% to $3.1 billion in the January-September period, the agency said.

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The country’s coffee shipments in September are estimated at 100,000 tonnes, valued at $240 million.